SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                     1643

Engineer and such engineering, legal, clerical and other personnel
and help as from time to time the Commission may deem necessary
to carry out the provisions of this subtitle. The Secretary-Treasurer,
if any, appointed by the Commission shall be the collector of all
charges and assessments made by the Commission, and shall receive
and account for all monies which shall be due and payable to the
Commission from any source whatsoever. All monies deposited shall
be protected by a depository bond, or by such other securities as may
be approved by the Commission. The Secretary-Treasurer shall give
bond to the State of Maryland to the amount of $20,000.00, with a
good and sufficient surety to be approved by the Commission, with
the condition "that if the above bounden shall well and faithfully
execute his office and shall account to the Commission for all monies
which he shall receive for account of the Commission, or be answer-
able for by law, then the said obligation to be void, otherwise to be
and remain in full force and effect" The bond, when approved, shall
be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll
County; and the person so appointed, before entering upon the duties
of his office shall take an oath before the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for the County, in form similar to that taken by collectors of taxes,
except as to the title of the office. The Commission may pay the
premiums on all bonds. All checks issued by the Commission shall
be signed by the Secretary-Treasurer and countersigned by one mem-
ber of the Commission.

(c) The Commission shall annually have its accounts audited by
a certified public accountant to be selected by the Commission and
approved by the Board; all fees incurred by such accountant in con-
nection with the audit shall be paid by the Commission; and the
Commission shall publish a full, true and itemized account of its re-
ceipts and disbursements in a newspaper published in Carroll
County.

439C.

(a)    To provide for the general health and welfare of the resi-
dents of Carroll 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 sur-
veys, 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
Board, after giving notice thereof in two newspapers of general
circulation published in Carroll County at least seven days prior to
the hearing. At the hearing, plans and specifications for the pro-
posed improvements shall be presented together with the estimated
costs thereof and estimated revenues to be derived therefrom.

(b)    The power and authority conferred upon the Commission
by this subtitle may be exercised by it throughout Carroll County.
Provided, however,

(1) That such designation EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PRO-
VIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE AREA WITHIN WHICH THE
COMMISSION MAY EXERCISE POWER AND AUTHORITY shall
not include any municipal corporation existing on the effective date of