1062                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 730

as last amended by Chapter 816 of the Acts of 1957; adding to this
section which prescribes generally that the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Mary's County must supply to the county
or residents of a locality therein who desire to construct a water
supply, sewerage or drainage system the necessary plans and
specifications therefor and shall supervise, control and maintain
the operation, the provision that said Commissioners shall not
supply said services when or until they are either reimbursed for
same or that payment for same shall be properly assured to them.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 191 of Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St. Mary's County", sub-title
"Sanitary Districts", as last amended by Chapter 816 of the Acts
of 1957, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

191.

After the passage of this sub-title, whenever the county or the
property owners or residents of any locality in a district shall desire
a water supply, sewerage or drainage system, or part thereof, to be
constructed in that county or locality, and the Commission shall
decide that it is inexpedient or impracticable at that time, owing to
the remoteness from its general system or other causes, to build such
system, such county or persons may build and operate said system at
its or their own expense, but it shall be constructed under plans and
specifications prepared by the Commission and under its supervision,
and its maintenance and operation shall be under the general control
of the Commission; however all costs to the County Commissioners
for such services, i.e., to draw up the plans and specifications and to
supervise, maintain or control and such construction project, shall
be paid for in advance by the county or by the property owners or
individuals concerned, or said payment shall be properly assured to
the Board before it shall be required to proceed; and no such system
or part thereof, or no water main, sewer, water purification or
sewage treatment plant, or no connection with any of them, shall
be constructed or installed except as in this section provided, and
any violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor punishable
under Section 195 of this sub-title. All construction and operating
records, including cost records, shall be filed with the Commission,
which shall be empowered at any time to take over said system or
part thereof, or said water main, sewer, storm water drain, water
or sewerage treatment plant, or connect on with any of them in the
same manner as provided under Section 190 for systems existing at
the time of the passage of this sub-title. The Commission shall be
empowered to extend its water supply, sewerage or drainage systems
into any area outside of any sanitary district contiguous thereto and
not included in any other district or in the vicinity thereof, when
the property owners of said area shall agree to the charges, assess-
ments and conditions that may be imposed by the Commission as
hereinbefore outlined.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall
be construed or interpreted to authorize the Commission to acquire
by condemnation any municipally owned or operated water and/or
sewage treatment facilities.