1076                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 484

system to serve the area tributary to the existing system or unfit
part thereof, and all the provisions of this chapter relating to sys-
tems constructed by the [commission] Department shall apply to
said extension. Any municipality whose system is acquired by the
[commission] Department, whether by purchase or condemnation,
is hereby authorized to use the amount paid to it for said system
for the purchase or redemption of any bonds or debt which may
be outstanding against the same or the [commission] Department
may as a part of the purchase price of said system, assume the pay-
ment of any such outstanding bond. The [commission] Department
shall not purchase any existing water mains, sewers or systems, in
whole or in part, which are improperly constructed or are not of
sufficient capacity or were constructed without proper authority
from the state department of health since the passage of the act
requiring the same.

19-18.

After April 25, 1955, whenever a municipality or the property
owners or residents of any locality in the metropolitan district
CECIL COUNTY shall desire a water supply, sewerage or drainage
system, or part thereof, to be constructed in that municipality or
locality, and the [commission] Department shall decide that it is
inexpedient or impracticable at that time, owing to the remoteness
from its general system or other causes, to build such system, such
municipality or persons may build and operate said system at its own
expense, but it shall be constructed under plans and specifications
prepared by the [commission] Department and under its supervision,
and its maintenance and operation shall be under the general control
of the [commission! Department; and no such system or part there-
of, or no water main, sewer, storm drain, water purification or sew-
age treatment plant, or no connection with any of them, shall be con-
structed or installed except as in this section provided, and any
violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor punishable under
Section 19-22. All construction and operating records, including cost
records, shall be filed with the [commission] Department, which shall
be empowered at any time to take over said system or part thereof,
or said water main, sewer, storm water drain, water or sewage treat-
ment plant, or connect on with any of them in the same manner as
provided under Section 19-17 for systems existing on April 25, 1955.
The [commission] Department shall be empowered to extend its
water supply, sewerage or drainage systems into any area outside
of any sanitary district contiguous thereto or in the vicinity thereof,
when the property owners of said area shall agree to the charges,
assessments and conditions that may be imposed by the [commission]
Department as hereinbefore outlined.

19-19.

The [commission] Department may enter upon and excavate any
state, county or municipal street, road or alley, or any other public
highway, for the purpose of installing, maintaining and operating
the water supply, sewerage or drainage systems provided for under
this chapter, and it may construct in any such street, road, alley or
public highway, a water main, sewer or drain or any appurtenance
thereof, without the receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge;
provided that whenever any state, county or municipal highway is
to be disturbed, the public authority having control thereof shall