J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1461

(2)   THAT THE EXTENSION OF SUCH FACILITIES BE-
YOND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY
AFTER JUNE 1, 1963 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
AND AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION, EXCEPT THAT
SUCH APPROVAL SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED IN THE EVENT
OF ANNEXATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 23A OF THE AN-
NOTATED CODE OF THE PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF MARY-
LAND; AND

(3)   THAT THE MERGER OF THE EDGEWOOD SANITARY
DISTRICT WITH THE HARFORD COUNTY SANITARY DIS-
TRICT, SHALL IN NO MANNER AFFECT OUTSTANDING
BONDS.

4.07. Acquisition — condemnation.

(a)   Whenever it is deemed necessary by the Commission to take
or acquire any land, structure, or buildings, or any stream bed, water-
way, water rights, or watershed, either in fee or as an easement,
within or without Harford County, for the construction, extension
or maintenance of any water main, sewer, or appurtenance thereof,
or any sewage treatment plant, reservoir, water treatment plant,
storage tank, or pumping station or for the execution by the Com-
mission of any other power or function vested in it by this subtitle,
the Commission, if it be unable to acquire the property or right by
purchase, may condemn the property or right by proceedings in the
Circuit Court for the county in which the property or right is located,
as provided for condemnation of land by public service corporations
in the Public General Laws of Maryland, now or hereafter in effect;
and the Commission may likewise condemn the interest of any tenant,
lessee, or other person having any right or interest in the property
or right. At any time after ten days after the return and recordation
of the verdict or award in such proceedings, the Commission may
enter and take possession of the property so condemned, upon first
paying to the Clerk of the Court the amount of the award and all
costs taxed to that date, notwithstanding any appeal or further pro-
ceedings upon the part of the defendant. At the time of said pay-
ment, however, the Commission shall give its corporate undertaking
to abide by and fulfill any judgment in any such appeal or further
proceedings provided, however, that the Commission shall have no
authority to condemn sewage, water, or drainage facilities owned
and operated by the municipalities of Havre de Grace, Aberdeen, and
Bel Air.

(b)   In the condemnation of privately-owned water or sewerage
systems the jury shall take into consideration as a part of its award
any payment, contribution, or tax upon the respective lot owners or
purchasers toward the construction of said system, and where said
system or systems have been built in connection with or for the pur-
pose of developing home sites, subdivisions, or villages, or by any
individuals, firm, or corporation, and such system or systems have
been offered as an inducement for the purchase of lot or land therein,
the jury shall deduct from the determined value of the plant or
system such sum as it may reasonably determine was added to the
purchase price of the land or lots in the sale thereof for the purpose
of constructing said systems.

(c)   Privately-owned systems shall be taken under condemnation