1650                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [CH. 754

not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) without advertising
and receiving bids. All such contracts shall be protected by such
bonds, penalties, and conditions as the Commission may require, all
of which shall be enforced in any court having jurisdiction.

439N.

No sewerage, water, or drainage system or extension thereof serv-
ing two or more properties in the county may be constructed by any
private owner without the prior approval of the Commission. If
upon application for the construction or extension of any such sys-
tem the Commission determines that the construction or extension is
inexpedient or impracticable at that time, owing to the remoteness
from its general system or other considerations, the applicant may
build and operate the system or extension thereof at its own expense;
but it shall be constructed only under such plans and specifications
as have been submitted to and approved by the Commission, and its
maintenance and operation shall be under the general control or
supervision of the Commission. No such system or part thereof or
no water main, sewer, storm drain, water purification or sewage
treatment plant or no connection with any of them shall be con-
structed or installed except as in this section provided, and any
violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor punishable under
Section 439X of this subtitle. The applicant for the construction or
extension of any such privately-owned system shall bear the rea-
sonable costs that the Commission may incur for the review and
approval of any such plans and for the supervision by the Com-
mission of the maintenance and operation of such system. All con-
struction 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 sewage treatment plant or connection with
any of them in the same manner as provided under Section 439E.
Nothing in this section impairs the rate making powers of the Public
Service Commission nor eliminates the requirements of the law for
the approval of the Department of Health in the construction and
maintenance of sanitary facilities. No private sewerage, water or
drainage systems or extensions thereof authorized by this section
shall be approved if the construction and operation of such system
or systems will cause water pollution endangering the water supply
of any municipality or other public agency or private utility corpo-
ration supplying sanitary services in Carroll County. If a private
system approved under the authority hereof causes such pollution,
then the Commission is authorized to require such modifications as
may be necessary to eliminate such pollution and to take such other
legal steps as may be necessary to enforce its orders eliminating
the nuisance of water pollution.

439-O.

For the purpose of assisting in the engineering and the con-
struction of needed sanitary facilities, the Board may make loans
to the Commission under appropriate written agreements for re-
payment. The Board may make general fund appropriations or bor-
row funds for this purpose, upon such terms and conditions as they
deem right and proper.