1184                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        CH. 609

mission, or be answerable 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 Frederick County; and the person so appointed,
before entering upon the duties of his office shall take an oath be-
fore 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 of-
fice. 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 member of the Commission.

(c) The Commission shall annually have its accounts audited by
a certified public accountant to be selected by the Commission and
paid by it; and shall publish a full, true and itemized account, under
oath, of its receipts and disbursements in a newspaper published in
the county.

10A-2.

Frederick County is declared to be a sanitary district for the pur-
pose of the exercise of the powers vested by this subheading in the
Frederick County Metropolitan Commission; provided

(a)  That the Commission shall exercise no authority over the
operation or construction of the sewerage, water and drainage facil-
ities of any incorporated municipality, including the extension of
such facilities beyond the corporate limits of any municipality, as
such extensions may exist on July 1, 1968; and

(b)  That the extension of such facilities beyond the corporate
limits of any municipality after July 1, 1968, shall be subject to the
approval and authority of the Commission, except that such ap-
proval shall not be required in the event of annexation pursuant to
Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland; and

(c)   That in exercising the powers granted by this subheading, the
Frederick County Metropolitan Commission shall not be subject to
the provisions of any planning regulations or zoning ordinances en-
acted under the provisions of Article 66B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland.

10A-3.

(a) Whenever it is deemed necessary by the Commission to take
or acquire any land, structure, or buildings, or any stream bed, wa-
terway, water rights, or watershed, either in fee or as an easement,
within or without Frederick County, for the construction, extension
or maintenance of any water main, sewer, or appurtenance thereof,
or any sewage treatment plant, reservoir, water treatment plant,
storage tank, or pumping station or for the execution by the Com-
mission of any other power or function vested in it by this subhead-
ing, the Commission, if it be unable to acquire the property or right
by purchase, may condemn the property or right by proceedings in
the Circuit Court for the county in which the property or right is
located, as provided for condemnation of land by public service cor-
porations in the Public General Laws of Maryland, now or hereafter
in effect; and the Commission may likewise condemn the interest of
any tenant, lessee, or other person having any right or interest in
the property or right. At any time after ten days after the return