1644                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 754

this act and the Commission shall exercise no authority over the
operation or construction of the sewerage, water and drainage facili-
ties of any municipal corporation existing on the effective date of this
subtitle, including the extension of such facilities beyond the corporate
limits of such municipality as such extensions may exist on the effec-
tive date of this subtitle.

(2) The Commission shall not provide for the operation or con-
struction of any water, sewerage, or drainage facilities within areas
one mile from the present corporate limits of any existing municipal
corporation or one mile from the corporate limits of any existing
municipal corporation which may be created by annexation pur-
suant to Article 23A of the Annotated Code of the Public General
Laws of Maryland except when the said municipal corporation shall
by appropriate ordinance, resolution or approval provide that the
Commission may exercise authority over the operation or construc-
tion of water, sewerage and drainage facilities within such areas.
Upon the request of the Commission to construct water, sewerage
and/or drainage facilities within one mile of any existing municipal
corporation the said municipal corporation shall within six months
either agree to provide such facilities or grant approval to the Com-
mission to provide such water, sewerage and/or drainage facilities.

(3) That any municipal corporation existing on the effective
date of this subtitle may by appropriate ordinance or resolution
transfer the jurisdiction, power and control of any sewerage, water
or drainage facility of such municipal corporation to the Commis-
sion upon terms and conditions approved by the Commission and
by the Board and may consent to become a part of the taxing dis-
trict BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE AREA over which the Commis-
sion may exercise its authority and in which the Commission may
construct, operate and maintain any sewerage, water or drainage
systems.

(4) That any municipal corporation existing on the effective
date of this subtitle in which there is no existing sewerage, water
or drainage system may consent to become part of the taxing district
BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE AREA over which the Commission
may exercise its authority and in which the Commission may con-
struct, operate and maintain any sewerage, water or drainage systems.

439D.

If the residents of any unincorporated locality in Carroll County
make application for a water supply, sewerage or drainage system,
or part thereof, to be constructed in their locality, the Commission
may require the applicants to bear the reasonable costs for any pre-
liminary engineering studies that the Commission deems necessary
to determine whether it is feasible to construct the improvements.
Upon 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 Commission's de-
termination with respect to the application.

439E.

(a) Whenever it is deemed necessary by the Commission to take
or acquire any land, structure, or buildings, or any stream bed,