1646                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 754

a nature which, in the judgment of the Commission, is improper or
inadequate, satisfactory equipment shall be installed by the owner on
the premises consisting of at least one water closet and one sink or
washbasin, both of which shall be properly connected with the sewer
of the Commission. No private water or sewerage system shall be
connected to any water or sewerage system owned or operated by
the Commission. All private water systems discharging waste water
into the Commission sewerage system, and cesspools, sink drains,
and privies located on properties connected to sewers provided by
the Commission shall be abandoned, closed, and left in a sanitary
condition so that no odor or nuisance will arise therefrom. No roof
or other drainage facilities shall discharge to the Commission's
sanitary facilities. Any violation of the provisions of this section is
a misdemeanor punishable under Section 439X of this subtitle.

439J.

Any employee or agent of the Commission has the right of entry,
at all reasonable hours, upon any private premises and into any
building in the county, in areas under the jurisdiction of the Com-
mission as enumerated in this subtitle while in pursuit of his
official duties, AFTER REASONABLE NOTICE AND upon reason-
able notice and first presenting proper credentials from the Commis-
sion. The Commission or its agent or employees may order and re-
quire such changes in plumbing, water usage, drainage or water or
sewer connections as it deems necessary to eliminate leakage, loss of
water, unnecessary or improper use of sewers. The Commission shall
exercise control of the water supply at all times and in case of short-
age of water or, for any other reason, the Commission, in the exercise
of its discretion, may determine that the water supply should be
conserved. The consumers, upon notice from the Commission, its
agents or employees, or upon notice published in one newspaper pub-
lished in the county for one insertion, shall comply with any order
passed by the Commission to conserve the water supply. In addition
to any other penalty herein prescribed, the Commission may turn off
the water supply of any person violating such an order at any time
without further notice. Any unreasonable restraint or hindrance
offered by any owner, tenant, or agent or any other person, to the
right of entry in this section provided or any violation of any order
issued pursuant to this section is a misdemeanor punishable under
Section 439X of this subtitle. Nothing in this section is applicable
within any municipality or to any sanitary system operated by a
municipality unless authorized in accordance with Section 439C of
this subtitle.

439K.

The Commission may enter upon and excavate any State or county
street, road, or way, or any other public highway outside of any
municipal corporation existing on the effective date of this subtitle
for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating the water
supply, sewerage, or drainage systems provided for under this sub-
title; and it may construct in any such street, road, way, or public
highway, a water main, sewer, or drain or any appurtenances there-
of, without the receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge; pro-
vided that whenever any State or county highway is to be disturbed
the public authority having control thereof shall be duly notified;