SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       1167

(b)  No private or public water supply or sewerage installation in-
tended for use of two or more buildings or premises shall be con-
structed, nor shall any existing system be extended in the sanitary
district unless the person, firm, or corporation doing the work has
first obtained a permit from the Commission and paid a reasonable
charge therefor. The plant then shall be installed, maintained, and
operated under such rules and regulations as the Commission may
require or devise. The Commission shall have full and complete juris-
diction over all fire hydrants connected with its water system; and no
person, firm or corporation may operate, use, or make connection
with the system without the written authority of the Commission,
except that no restriction shall apply to any bona fide fire depart-
ment in the discharge of its duties. Outside the bounds of incorpo-
rated towns the Commission, upon a determination that public safety
will be served, may require the installation of fire hydrants to public
or private systems existing or to be constructed, and may prescribe
such rules and regulations for the use and maintenance thereof as it
deems necessary. The Commission is authorized to enter into any
agreements with the owners or operators of such systems designed
to install fire hydrants or other fire protection equipment as may be
deemed in the public interest. No person, firm, or corporation may
tamper with, deface, damage, or obstruct any fire hydrant. A vio-
lation of any of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor, pun-
ishable under Section 10A-21.

(c)  Nothing in this section is applicable within any municipality
or to any sanitary system operated by a municipality.

10A-7.

The Commission shall provide for each and every property abut-
ting upon a street or right-of-way in which a water main or sewer
is laid, when service to such property is feasible, a water service
pipe and sewer connection, which shall be extended as required from
the water and sewer mains to the property line of the abutting lot.
The water service pipe and the connection with the sewer shall be
constructed by and at the expense of the Commission, subject to the
charge for said connection as provided in Section 10A-19 which
charge shall be paid by all property owners at the office of the Com-
mission. When any water main or sewer is declared by the Commis-
sion to be complete and ready for the delivery of water or the recep-
tion of sewage, every abutting property owner, after due notice, shall
make a connection of all spigots or hydrants, toilets and waste drains
with the water main or sewer within the time prescribed by the Com-
mission. If these fixtures do not exist or are of 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 pri-
vate 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. Any violation of the provisions of
this section is a misdemeanor punishable under Section 10A-21.