634                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 493

CHAPTER 492
(House Bill 686)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 141 of
Howard County Code (1957 Edition, being Article 14 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Howard County",
sub-title "Metropolitan Commission", clarifying a certain portion
of said section.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 141 of the Howard County Code (1957 Edition, being
Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Howard County", sub-title "Metropolitan Commission", be, and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

141. Municipality or Property Owners Constructing System.—
After June 1, 1943, whenever a municipality or the property owners
or residents or developer of any locality in the Metropolitan District
shall desire a water supply, sewerage or drainage system, or part
thereof, to be constructed in that municipality or locality, including,
but not limited to, those localities coming within the purview of
Section 163 of this Article, and the Commission shall decide that
it is inexpedient or impracticable at that time to build such system,
such municipality or property owners or residents or developers,
as the case may be, shall proceed in accordance with the provisions
of Section 163 of this Article as aforesaid, even though the par-
ticular locality does not come within the purview of Sections 153
through 168 of this Article. In the event that the said applicant or
applicants elect to proceed in accordance with Section 163 of this
Article as aforesaid, or shall be required to comply therewith, as
the case may be, the installation, engineering, supervision, opera-
tion and ownership of said utilities shall be by the said Commission,
but, provided further that the said Commission is hereby authorized
to enter into such agreements or contracts with said applicant or
applicants, as the case may be, which will provide, among other
things, for reimbursement to the said applicant or applicants here-
under of the monies advanced in pursuance of Section 163 of this
Article as aforesaid upon such terms and conditions as the Com-
mission may direct.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 493
(House Bill 691)

AN ACT to add a new Section to the Howard County Code (Ever-
stine's 1957 Edition), being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.