J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1063

porate shall be abolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to
the principal functions thereof or to which the powers given by this
sub-title to such body politic and corporate shall be given by law.

(b)  The term "Commission" shall mean the governing body of a
District.

(c)  The term "bonds" shall mean and include notes, bonds and
other evidences of indebtedness or obligations which each District
is authorized to issue pursuant to Section 654 of this sub-title.

(d)  The term "governing body" as applied to any county shall
mean the body or board authorized by law to enact ordinances or
adopt resolutions for the particular county,

(e)  The term "sanitary district" shall mean a defined geographical
area, bearing a distinctive name, located within the territory in which
a District exercises its powers and constituted a sanitary district
pursuant to the provisions of Section 652 of this sub-title; such a
sanitary district shall be a separate taxing district for the purpose of
imposing the taxes authorized by Section 658 of this sub-title, and
there may be one or more sanitary districts within the territory in
which any District exercises its powers.

([e] f) The term "water system" shall mean and shall include all
plants, systems, facilities or properties used or useful or having the
present capacity for future use in connection with the supply or dis-
tribution of water and any integral part thereof, including water
supply systems, water distribution systems, reservoirs, dams, wells,
intakes, mains, laterals, pumping stations, standpipes, filtration
plants, purification plants, hydrants, meters, valves and equipment,
appurtenances, and all properties, rights, easements and franchises
relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the District
for the operation thereof.

([f] g) The term "sewerage system" shall mean and shall include
all plants, systems, facilities or properties used or useful or having
the present capacity for future use in connection with the collection,
carrying away, treating, neutralizing, stabilizing or disposal of
sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, and any integral part
thereof, including sewage treatment plants, disposal fields, lagoons,
pumping stations, drainage ditches, [surface water,] intercepting
ditches, outfall sewers, trunk sewers, intercepting sewers, lateral
sewers, force mains, pipes, pipe lines, conduits, equipment, appur-
tenances, and all properties, rights, easements and franchises relating
thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the District for the
operation thereof.

([g] h) The term "sewage" shall mean the water carried wastes
created in and carried, or to be carried, away from residences, hotels,
schools, hospitals, industrial establishments, commercial establish-
ments or any other private or public building, together with such
household and industrial wastes as may be present.

([h] i) The word "improvements" shall mean such construction,
erection, repairs, replacements, additions, extensions and betterments
of and to a water system or a sewerage system as are deemed neces-
sary by the District to place or to maintain such system in proper
condition for the safe, efficient and economic operation thereof or to
meet requirements for service in areas which may be served by the
District and in which no existing service is being rendered.