Marvin Mandel, Governor                         593

so inform the petitioners by mail giving to each of said petitioners
an estimate of the cost of making or obtaining such a preliminary
engineering survey, and no further action shall be taken on said
project unless and until the persons signing the petition therefor
cause the estimated cost of such preliminary engineering survey
to be paid to the commission, which shall then proceed to make
or obtain such preliminary engineering survey. Upon any locality
becoming a sanitary district or a part of an existing sanitary
district, pursuant to the provisions of this section, the commission
shall repay from the first funds available for such purpose, including
the issuance of bonds, any sums furnished by any of the petitions
to defray the cost of the preliminary engineering survey. Upon
completion of the preliminary engineering survey, the commission
shall give notice by publication in one or more newspapers of gen-
eral circulation in the county or counties in which the proposed
sanitary district or enlargement thereof lies once a week for three
(3) successive weeks, which notice shall describe the proposed
sanitary district or enlargement, together with the time and place
of a hearing to be held, at which hearing a report shall be made
as to the then estimated approximate cost of the facilities con-
templated and the establishment of a sanitary district. Such report
shall also include an estimate of the amount, if any, to be financed
by the issuance of bonds pursuant to the authority of Section 654
of this subtitle. If the then estimated approximate amount of bonds
to be issued pursuant to Section 654 of this subtitle to pay the cost
of the proposed utilities or facilities in said new sanitary district
or enlargement of an existing sanitary district, together with the
unamortized balance of the bonds issued to pay the cost of all
facilities previously installed by the district in the area involved,
is estimated to exceed twenty-five per centum (25%) of the assessed
property value as fixed for county taxation purposes in said area,
or if the project is not feasible from an engineering or financial
standpoint or, in the judgment of the commission, is not necessary
for the health, safety and welfare of the residents in said area or
locality, then the commission may in its discretion by written order
deny the petition. If the commission in its discretion shall make the
findings set forth in Section 652 (a) of this subtitle and shall deem
it desirable to constitute said locality as a sanitary district, to
modify the boundaries of said locality as presented in said petition
or to add such locality to a contiguous existing sanitary district, it
shall pass a written order setting out its determination. Such order
denying, modifying or granting the petition shall be published in
one or more newspapers in said county or counties. If ten (10)
residents and landowners in the area involved in any such order
are dissatisfied with the order of the commission, they shall have
the right to take and enter within ten (10) days after the first
publication of said order, as above provided, an appeal to the
governing body or governing bodies of the county or counties in
which lies the proposed sanitary district or enlargement thereof
who shall review, after due notice of hearing, the commission's
decision. If the governing body or governing bodies of said county
or counties shall find that the amount of bonds to be issued pur-
suant to Section 654 of this subtitle to pay the costs of installing
such utilities or facilities and establishing a new sanitary district,
or enlarging an existing sanitary district, together with the un-
amortized balance of the bonds issued to pay the cost of all facili-
ties previously installed by the commission in the area involved,