1072                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 644

ordinance, specify the project or projects to be undertaken by the
said District. If the county or counties organizing a District fail to
specify the project or projects to be undertaken, then the District
shall be deemed to have all the power granted by this sub-title.

No county which shall have created a District under the provisions
of this sub-title shall thereafter create any other District serving the
whole or any part of the same area, No county which shall have
joined with any other county or counties in the creation of a District
under the provisions of this sub-title shall thereafter create or join
in the creation of any other District unless such other county or
counties shall consent thereto by ordinance or resolution.

Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed as preventing
the Commission of any District from disregarding the existence of a
privately owned water supply or sewerage system, or part thereof,
which in the judgment of such Commission is unfit for incorpora-
tion with the District's system, as set forth in Section 665 of this
sub-title.

652. The creation of sanitary districts shall be effected as follows:

(a) Upon compliance with the procedure hereinafter set forth, the
creation of a new sanitary district or the enlargement of an existing
sanitary district shall be effected within the discretion of the Com-
mission, upon a finding that such establishment or enlargement is
necessary to the public health, safety and welfare of the residents
within such new or enlarged sanitary district and upon a finding that
such establishment or enlargement is feasible from an engineering
and financial standpoint, subject to the consent of the governing
body or governing bodies of the county or counties in which such pro-
posed sanitary district or enlargement thereof lies.

(b) Whenever twenty-five property owners, residing in any lo-
cality in a county, shall in writing petition the Commission to have
said locality [,] (the boundaries whereof shall be definitely stated in
said petition) constituted as a new sanitary district [,] or added to
an existing sanitary district to which such locality is contiguous, the
Commission, if it approves, shall cause to be made a preliminary en-
gineering survey of the project to determine the feasibility and prob-
able cost of providing such area with utilities, whether water, sewer
or otherwise. If the Commission disapproves of the project or is un-
able or unwilling to undertake or obtain such preliminary engineer-
ing survey, it shall so inform the petitioners by mail giving to each
of said petitioners an estimate of the cost of making or obtaining
such a preliminary engineering survey, and no further action shall be
taken on said project unless and until the persons signing the petition
therefor cause the estimated cost of such preliminary engineering
survey to be paid to the Commission, which shall then proceed to
make or obtain such preliminary engineering survey. Upon any lo-
cality becoming a sanitary district or a part of an existing sanitary
district pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Commission
shall repay from the first funds available for such purpose, including
the issuance of bonds, any sums furnished by any of the petitioners
to defray the cost of the preliminary engineering survey. Upon com-
pletion of the preliminary engineering survey, the Commission shall
give notice by publication in one or more newspapers of general cir-
culation in the county or counties in which the proposed sanitary dis-
trict or enlargement thereof lies once a week for three (3) successive