1188                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        CH. 609

10A-8.

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 sanitary district, while in pursuit of his official du-
ties, upon first presenting proper credentials from the Commission.
The Commission or its agent or employees may order and require
such changes in plumbing, water usage or water or sewer connec-
tions as it deems necessary to eliminate leakage, loss of water, un-
necessary or improper use of sewers. The Commission shall exercise
control of the water supply at all times and in case of shortage of
water or, for any other reason, the Commission, in the exercise of
its discretion, may determine that the water supply should be con-
served. The consumers, upon notice from the Commission, its agents
or employees, or upon notice published in one newspaper published
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 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 10A-21.

10A-9.

The Commission may enter upon and excavate any State or county
street, road, or way, or any other public highway for the purpose of
installing, maintaining, and operating the water supply, sewerage,
or drainage systems provided for under this subheading; and it may
construct in any such street, road, way, or public highway, a water
main, sewer, or drain or any appurtenances thereof, without the
receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge; provided that when-
ever any State or county highway is to be disturbed the public au-
thority having control thereof shall be duly notified; and provided
further, that the highway shall be repaired and left by the Com-
mission in the same condition or in a condition not inferior to, that
existing before it was torn up, and that all costs incident thereto
shall be borne by the Commission.

10A-10.

All individuals, firms, or corporations having buildings, conduits,
pipes, tracks, poles, or other structures or obstructions in, on, over,
under, or through any public road, street, or way, which blocks or
impedes the construction and establishment of the Commission's
water supply, sewerage, or drainage systems, or other works, upon
reasonable notice from the Commission, shall promptly so shift, ad-
just, accommodate, or remove structures or obstructions as fully to
meet the exigencies occasioning such action; provided, however, that
the cost of such changes shall be borne by the Commission. Every
public service corporation, company, or individual before it or they
shall begin any excavation or construction in any street, road, way,
or public highway shall file with the Commission plans of such work
and construction showing the location and depth in such street, road,
way, or public highway of the proposed main, conduit, pole, pipe, or
other structure, and such construction or work shall not be begun
until the plan is approved by the Commission, nor shall any change