1464                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 706

(c) Nothing in this section is applicable within any municipality
or to any sanitary system operated by a municipality.

411. Connections required, abandonment of private systems.

The Commission shall provide for each and every property abutting
upon a street or right-of-way in which a water main or sewer is laid,
when service to such property is feasible, a water service pipe and
sewer connection, which shall be extended as required from the water
and sewer mains to the property line of the abutting lot. The water
service pipe and the connection with the sewer shall be constructed
by and at the expense of the Commission, subject to the charge for
said connection as provided in Section 423 of this subtitle, which
charge shall be paid by all property owners at the office of the Com-
mission. When any water main or sewer is declared by the Commis-
sion to be complete and ready for the delivery of water or the re-
ception of sewage, every abutting property owner, after due notice,
shall make a connection of all spigots or hydrants, toilets and waste
drains with the water main or sewer within the time prescribed by
the Commission. If these fixtures do not exist or are of a nature
which, in the judgment of the Commission, is improper or inadequate,
satisfactory equipment shall be installed by the owner on the prem-
ises consisting of at least one water closet and one sink or washbasin,
both of which shall be properly connected with the sewer of the Com-
mission. NO PRIVATE WATER OR SEWERAGE SYSTEM SHALL
BE CONNECTED TO ANY WATER OR SEWERAGE SYSTEM
OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE COMMISSION. All private
water systems discharging waste water into the Commission sewer-
age system, and cesspools, sink drains, and privies located on prop-
erties connected to sewers provided by the Commission shall be aban-
doned, closed, and left in a sanitary condition so that no odor or
nuisance will arise therefrom. Any violation of the provisions of this
section is a misdemeanor punishable under Section 425 of this subtitle

412. Right of entry; private premises and conservation of water.

Any employee or agent of the Commission has the right of entry,
at all reasonable hours, upon any private premises and into any
building in the sanitary district, while in pursuit of his official duties,
upon first presenting proper credentials from the Commission. The
Commission or its agent or employees may order and require such
changes in plumbing, water usage or water or sewer connections as
it deems necessary to eliminate leakage, loss of water, unnecessary
or improper use of sewers. The Commission shall exercise control
of the water supply at all times and in case of shortage of water or,
for any other reason, the Commission, in the exercise of its discre-
tion, may determine that the water supply should be conserved. The
consumers, upon notice from the Commission, its agents or em-
ployees, or upon notice published in one newspaper published in the
county for one insertion, shall comply with any order passed by the
Commission to conserve the water supply. In addition to any other
penalty herein prescribed, the Commission may turn off the water
supply of any person violating such an order at any time without
further notice. Any restraint or hindrance offered by any owner,
tenant, or agent or any other person, to the right of entry in this
section provided or any violation of any order issued pursuant to
this section is a misdemeanor punishable under Section 425 of this
subtitle.