J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1071

of a county enacted pursuant thereto shall be [irrepealable so long
as any of the bonds issued under the authority of this sub-title for
such District shall be outstanding and unpaid, and the provisions of
any such contract, and of any ordinance or resolution enacted pur-
suant thereto shall be and be] deemed to be for the benefit of [such]
bondholders. The aggregate of any fees, rates or charges which shall
be required to be collected pursuant to any such contract or any
ordinance or resolution enacted thereunder shall be sufficient to pay
all obligations which may be assumed by the other contracting party.

(13)   [The Commission may] To enter upon and excavate any
State, [C] county or municipal street, road or alley, or any other
public highway, for the purpose of installing, maintaining and oper-
ating the water [supply,] and sewerage systems provided for under
this sub-title, and [it may] to construct in any such street, road,
alley or public highway, a water main, sewer [or drain] or any
appurtenance thereof, without the receipt of a permit or the pay-
ment of a charge; provided, that whenever any State, county or
municipal highway is to be disturbed the public authority having
control thereof shall be duly notified; and provided further, that
said highway shall be repaired and left by the [Commission] District
in the same condition as, or in a condition not inferior to, that exist-
ing before said highway was torn up, and that all costs incident
thereto shall be borne by the [Commission] District.

(14)   To receive and accept from any Federal agency grants for
or in aid of the construction, acquisition or operation of any project,
and to receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of
either money, property, labor or other things of value, to be held,
used and applied only for the purposes for which such grants and
contributions may be made.

(15)   In the event of any annexation by a county not a member of
the District of lands, areas, or territory served by the District, to
continue to do business, exercise its jurisdiction over its properties
and facilities in and, upon or over such lands, areas or territory as
long as any bonds or indebtedness of such District remain outstand-
ing or unpaid, or any contracts or other obligations remain in force.

(16)   To borrow money, in such amount or amounts as the Com-
mission may deem necessary, from any agency or instrumentality of
the federal government or of the State of Maryland for the pur-
pose of paying the cost of engineering and legal services, plans,
specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues and other
expenses, necessary or incident to the organization and planning of
any sanitary district or of any project within any sanitary district;
provided, however, that any money so borrowed shall be repaid with-
out interest, when the District undertakes or starts the construction
of the project for which such borrowing was made, solely from
funds made available for such project under the provisions of this
sub-title, including the issuance of bonds.

651. None of the powers granted by this sub-title shall be exer-
cised in the construction, improvement, maintenance, extension or
operation of any project or projects which in whole or in part shall
duplicate or compete with existing utilities, public or private, serving
substantially the same purposes. The county or counties organizing
such a District may, in the resolution or ordinance signifying their
intention so to do, or from time to time by subsequent resolution or