J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1467

BE NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE SUCH POLLUTION AND TO
TAKE SUCH OTHER LEGAL STEPS AS MAY BE NECESSARY
TO ENFORCE ITS ORDERS ELIMINATING THE NUISANCE OF
WATER POLLUTION.

4,17. Plan, public hearings, subdistricts.

(a)   To provide for the general health and welfare of the residents
of Harford County, the Commission may acquire, construct, operate,
and maintain such water, sewer, and drainage systems as it deems
to be in the public interest. The Commission may cause surveys,
plans, specifications, and estimates to be made for such systems.
Unless all owners of land which will be served by any such proposed
improvements consent in writing to such improvements being made,
the Commission shall construct any such system or extension thereof
only after a public hearing held jointly by the Commission and the
County Commissioners, after giving notice thereof in two newspapers
of general circulation published in Harford County at least seven
days prior to the hearing. At the hearing, plans and specifications
for the proposed improvements shall be presented together with the
estimated costs thereof and estimated revenues to be derived there-
from. The Commission may divide the sanitary district into water,
sewerage, and drainage subdistricts in such way as in its judgment
will best serve the needs of the county, and promote convenience
and economy of installation and operation, and permit the raising of
revenues and apportionment of costs to those served on an equitable
basis, and it is empowered to keep its books of account accordingly.

(b)  If the residents of any unincorporated locality in the sanitary
district make application for a water supply, sewerage, or drainage
system, or part thereof, to be constructed in their locality, the Com-
mission may require the applicants to bear the reasonable costs for
any preliminary engineering studies that the Commission deems
necessary to determine whether it is feasible to construct the improve-
ments. Upon the receipt of such reasonable costs as the Commission
determines to be necessary to conduct the studies, the Commission
shall have the studies made and within a reasonable time thereafter
advise the applicants of the results thereof, together with the Com-
mission's determination with respect to the application.

418. Transfer of properties served by Commission.

Upon certification by the Commission to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Harford County, as from time to time made, that the Com-
mission is entitled to collect taxes or other charges upon any land
situate in the election districts designated in such certifications, the
Clerk shall not accept any instrument for recording among the Land
Records of Harford County until the instrument bears a notation
by the Commission that all taxes or other charges due the Com-
mission for the year in which the instrument is offered for record
have been paid.

419. Loans by County Commissioners.

(a) For the purpose of assisting the construction of needed sani-
tary facilities, the County Commissioners may make loans to the
Commission under appropriate written agreements for repayment.
The County Commissioners may make general fund appropriations