Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1935

ment Volume), title "Health," subtitle "Sanitary Districts," to
permit sanitary districts to certain jurisdiction over property and
facilities despite the annexation thereof by a county or mu-
nicipality as long as certain bonds, obligations or contracts re-
main in, force.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 650 (b) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health," subtitle "Sani-
tary Districts," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

650.

(b) Each district is hereby granted and shall have and may exer-
cise all powers necessary or convenient for carrying out the aforesaid
purposes, including but without limiting the generality of the fore-
going, the following rights and powers:

(1)  To have perpetual existence as a corporation. All limitations
on the duration of any existing corporation formed pursuant to
this subtitle prior to June 1, 1961, whether resulting from a charter
provision or from a law in force at the time of creation or forma-
tion of such corporation, are hereby annulled and repealed.

(2)  To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the
conduct of its business.

(3)   To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure.

(4)   To maintain an office at such place or places as it may desig-
nate.

(5)  To appoint officers, agents, employees and servants, to pre-
scribe their duties and to fix their compensation as set forth in
this subtitle.

(6)   To sue and be sued.

(7)  To acquire, purchase, hold, lease as lessee and use any fran-
chise, property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or
any interest therein necessary or desirable for carrying out the
purposes of the district and to sell, lease as lessor, transfer and
dispose of any property or interest therein at any time acquired
by it.

(8)  To acquire by gift, purchase or by the exercise of the right
of eminent domain, in the manner prescribed by Article 33A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), as from time to time
amended, lands or rights in land or water rights in connection
therewith; provided, however, that no property or any interest or
estate therein owned by any county, city, town or other political
subdivision of the State shall be acquired by the exercise of the
power of eminent domain without the consent of the governing
body of such county, city, town or political subdivision, nor any
existing privately owned and operated water or sewerage system
without the consent of the owners and operators thereof. At any
time after ten days after the return and recordation of the verdict
or award in any condemnation proceedings, the district may enter
and take possession of the property so condemned, upon first paying
to the clerk of the court the amount of said award and all costs