698                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 342

Commission creating or enlarging a sanitary district, if said County
Commissioners consent thereto, the Commission shall cause plats of
such locality as finally determined by the Commission to be made
under the supervision of its engineers, showing the boundaries of
such locality, one copy of which plat shall be filed in the office of the
Commission, one in the office of said County Commissioners and

one, indexed "............................Sanitary District," shall be filed in a

plat book in the office where the land records of St. Mary's County
are kept; and upon the filing of said plat and the approval of said
locality by the said County Commissioners and the Commission,
such sanitary district shown on said plat shall be, and the same is
hereby designated and constituted for the purpose of this subtitle
to be a separate sanitary district or to be a part of a previously
created, contiguous sanitary district, in accordance with the deter-
mination of the Commission and, if designated a new sanitary
district, shall be given by the Commission a distinctive name, shall
be subject to all the provisions of this subtitle and shall be a separate
taxing district, and the filing of said plat shall constitute legal notice
to the public of such action of the Commission.

(c)    That for the purpose of providing for the organization and
preliminary expenses of any newly constituted or proposed sanitary
district, the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County may furnish
the Commission from time to time such sum, as in its discretion
said County Commissioners may deem proper, but not to exceed
ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for any one sanitary district, all of
which shall be repaid out of the first bond issue, if any, for the
particular sanitary district. The authority for advances granted
by this subsection shall be in addition to other advances authorized
by this subtitle.

(d)    The Commission is authorized to adopt a resolution divide
ing St. Mary's County, or part of St. Mary's County, into sanitary
districts. In order to develop an appropriate plan for the creation
of sanitary districts, the Commission may be empowered by the
County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to retain such requisite
expert engineering services as may be necessary, the cost of such
services to be paid from the general funds of St. Mary's County.
The resolution adopted by the Commission shall refer to a plat
of St. Mary's County upon which the proposed sanitary district
lines shall be clearly shown. Such resolution shall not be legally
effective until it is approved by the County Commissioners of St.
Mary's County after public hearing held following not less than 10
days notice in one or more newspapers having a general circulation
in St. Mary's County and until a copy of the resolution and plat
shall be recorded among the land records of St. Mary's County. The
sanitary district lines of any sanitary district, including those in
existence at the time of the official adoption of such resolution, may
be changed by appropriate resolution referring to a requisite plat,
with approval by the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County
after a public hearing as hereinabove described, and recordation
among the land records of St. Mary's County; providing that no
outstanding bonds shall in any manner be affected by such amend-
ments. Upon approval by the County Commissioners of St. Mary's
County and filing of said plat and resolution as provided in this
subsection, new sanitary districts created pursuant to this sub-
section shall be, and the same are hereby designated and con-
stituted for the purpose of this subtitle to be separate sanitary dis-