1502                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 832

Plumbing and Health

315.   No person, firm or corporation shall begin the erection or
construction of a new building, in Queen Anne's County, or under-
take the construction of any major additions or alterations to an
existing building, which will in any way affect the water supply,
sewage disposal or plumbing system in such building, or undertake
the installation of plumbing fixtures, appliances CONNECTED WITH
THE WATER OR SEWERAGE SYSTEM, sewers or additions
to present sewers, without first having obtained a permit from the
Board of County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County as herein-
after provided.

316.   Applicants for a permit shall be required to give the location
and description of the property, including, if applicable, name of
subdivision, lot number, size of lot, and nature and size of building
or extent of addition or alterations to existing buildings and the
method of water supply and sewage disposal and number and kind
of plumbing fixtures and/or appliances CONNECTED WITH THE
WATER OR SEWERAGE SYSTEM to be installed, on an ap-
plication form obtainable at the office of the County Commissioners
of Queen Anne's County. The said application must be accompanied
by a rough drawing showing the size, shape and general location
of the owner's property and the location of the existing or proposed
building thereon, and the water supply and sewage disposal systems
in existence or proposed. After said application has been duly
processed in the County Commissioners office, it shall be delivered
to the County Health Department for processing and approval of
the County Health officer. The Health Department shall not ap-
prove any application for a permit in any case where it is evident
to it that the sanitary requirements cannot or will not be complied
with by the owner of the property or where the percolation tests
show that a cesspool or tile field will not be satisfactory. When so
approved by the County Health Officer, the application shall be
returned to the office of the County Commissioners who shall issue
to the applicant a "Sanitary Construction Permit" upon payment of
the fee or fees as determined by the County Commissioners.

317.   All plumbing work done in the County in and about, or in
connection with any building, must conform to the Plumbing Code
approved by the Maryland State Board of Commissioners of Practi-
cal Plumbing and with the regulations of the State Board of Health.
All indoor plumbing fixtures must be installed under the super-
vision of a licensed Master Plumber. Installation of approved DRY
wells, septic tanks, cesspools or the tile fields must be done under the
supervision of licensed master plumbers, unless the work is being
done by the property owner himself, or as otherwise stated herein.

318.   Inspection of the property before and during the construc-
tion authorized by the "Sanitary Construction Permits" shall be
made by a plumbing inspector, as follows:

First Inspection—All soil lines, drains, vents and waterlines
inside of any building must be inspected after they are roughed in
and before they are covered. All outside sewer facilities must be
inspected after installation and before being covered. Any pump
connected with a well must be inspected before being covered.

Second or Final Inspection—All work must be given an inspection