PERRYVILLE                                         1971

In furtherance and extension of the foregoing powers, The Commis-
sioners of Perryville shall have the following powers:

(a)    to exercise, within the above defined service area, all powers
with respect to the above described utilities heretofore or hereafter con-
ferred on municipal corporations by the Public General Laws of Maryland,
and also to exercise within said area the powers conferred on the Cecil
County Metropolitan Commission with respect to sanitary districts else-
where in Cecil County by Sections 412, 419, 4-20, 421, 422, 424 and 425 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Cecil County (1961 Edition):

(b)    to promulgate and establish reasonable standards and controls
for any private water or sewer systems in the municipality and to compel
the abandonment or discontinuance thereof in the event such systems
shall not conform to the regulations, standards and controls so promul-
gated:

(c)    to acquire, by lease or purchase, any such private system or
systems and to connect the same with the systems maintained and operated
by the Town;

(d)    to employ qualified personnel as well as independent engineer-
ing consultants for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair and
extension of any such system established by the Town pursuant to the
authority of this Section;

(e)    by ordinance, to adopt schedules of rates, fees or charges for
the use of or connection with any such system or systems, or to fix, alter
or amend the same from time to time, such schedules to be established,
without the necessity of obtaining the approval of any other agency, on
such reasonable, uniform and non-discriminatory basis as The Commis-
sioners of Perryville may select and to provide for such rates, fees and
charges as will produce all or a part of the funds necessary to provide for
the maintenance and operation of any such system or systems and for
the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds of the Town
issued to pay in whole or in part the cost of any such system or systems;

(f)    by ordinance, to prescribe the conditions under which The
Commissioners of Perryville will construct extensions of any such systems
to properties not served and the method or methods for financing the cost
of any such extensions;

(g)    to adopt rules and regulations requiring property owners to
make connection with the water supply, sanitary or storm water systems
constructed or acquired by the Town when any such system is ready for
use by any such property owner and, further, to require abandonment of
any private water or sewer systems in such manner as to render the
same safe and sanitary, and to require replacement or repair of any pri-
vate lines or fixtures deemed to be unsanitary or not in accordance with
good health or safety standards, and to require the removal of any rain
or storm water drains connected with the sanitary sewer system of the