1342                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 847

of an existing sanitary district, pursuant to the provisions of
this section, the commission shall repay from the first funds
available for such purpose, including the issuance of bonds, any
sums furnished by any of the petitioners to defray the cost of
the preliminary engineering survey. Upon completion of the pre-
liminary engineering survey, the commission shall give notice by
publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation in
the county or counties in which the proposed sanitary district or
enlargement thereof lies once a week for three (3) successive weeks
and by handbills posted and circulated in the area or locality
where said proposed sanitary district or enlargement of an existing
sanitary district is contemplated, which notice shall describe the
proposed sanitary district or enlargement, together with the time
and place of a hearing to be held, at which hearing a report shall
be made as to the then estimated approximate cost of the facilities
contemplated and the establishment of a sanitary district. If the
then estimated approximate cost of the proposed facilities in said
new sanitary district or enlargement of an existing sanitary dis-
trict, together with the unamortized balance of the cost of all
facilities previously installed by the district in the area involved,
is estimated to exceed twenty-five per centum (25%) of the as-
sessed property value as fixed for county taxation purposes in
said area, or if the project is not feasible from an engineering or
financial standpoint or, in the judgment of the commission, is
not necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the residents
in said area or locality, then the commission may in its discretion
by written order deny the petition. If the commission in its dis-
cretion shall make the findings set forth in Section 652 (a) of
this subtitle and shall deem it desirable to constitute said locality
as a sanitary district, to modify the boundaries of said locality
as presented in said petition or to add such locality to a contiguous
existing sanitary district, it shall pass a written order setting out
its determination. Such order denying, modifying or granting the
petition shall be published in one or more newspapers in said
county or counties and by handbills posted and circulated within
the area or locality involved. If ten (10) residents and landowners
in the area involved in any such order are dissatisfied with the
order of the commission, they shall have the right to take and enter
within ten (10) days after the first publication of said order, as
above provided, an appeal to the governing body or governing
bodies of the county or counties in which lies the proposed sanitary
district or enlargement thereof who shall review, after due notice
of hearing, the commission's decision. If the governing body or
governing bodies of said county or counties shall find that the
costs of installing such facilities and establishing a new sanitary
district, or enlarging an existing sanitary district, together with
the unamortized balance of the cost of all facilities previously in-
stalled by the commission in the area involved, will not exceed
twenty-five per centum (25%) of the assessed property value as
fixed for county taxation purposes within said area or locality, and
if they find that the, proposed project is feasible from an engineer-
ing and financial standpoint, and if, in addition thereto, they shall
find that it is necessary to the public health, safety and welfare
of the residents therein that said sanitary district be established
or enlarged, they may in their discretion reverse any decision of
the commission denying the petition to create or enlarge a sanitary
district. If such governing body or governing bodies do not so