54                                Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 30

(e)  Subject to any limitations and restrictions provided elsewhere
in this compact, plan, design, acquire, construct, reconstruct, com-
plete, own, improve, extend, develop, operate, maintain, and regulate
any and all projects, facilities, properties, activities and services,
determined by the Commission to be necessary, appropriate or useful
for the purposes of this compact;

(f)  Negotiate for such loans, grants, services, or other aids as may
be available from public or private sources to finance or assist in
effectuating any of the purposes of this compact; and receive and
accept the same upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such
provisions for repayment, as may be required by federal or state law
or by the Commission or as the Commission may deem acceptable;

(g)  Regulate and control diversions and allocate, and change the
allocations of, the waters of the basin to and among the states signa-
tory to this compact and impose related conditions, obligations and
release requirements. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)
of this Section 3.05, appropriation or use of water pursuant to action
of the Commission hereunder shall not constitute a prior appro-
priation of any waters of the basin, nor shall any action of the Com-
mission hereunder confer any superiority of right in respect to the
appropriation or use of water or be deemed to constitute a permanent
apportionment of the waters of the basin among the parties hereto;

(h) Enter into agreements with respect to water supply, which
agreements shall be subordinate to the authority of the Commission
under Article 11 and shall not extend beyond the life of this compact;

(i) Restrict or prohibit authorized withdrawals and diversions of
surface and ground waters in accordance with Article 11, except that
the Commission shall not restrict or prohibit withdrawals from any
well supplying water for use in not more than five (5) households;

(j) Institute an action or actions in its own name to compel
compliance with any and all of the provisions of this compact or
any of the rules and regulations of the Commission adopted pursuant
thereto;

(k) Acquire, hold, administer, maintain and dispose of real and
personal property and any interest therein as it may deem necessary
or appropriate for carrying out its functions under this compact; and
every acquisition shall be deemed to be for a public use insofar as
such determination is constitutionally permissible. Acquisition may
be by eminent domain, which power is hereby conferred upon the
Commission, but subject to the limitations and restrictions provided
elsewhere in this compact;

(l) Sell or dispose of any of its products or services and make
charges in connection with the use of any of its facilities, without
regulation or control by any other governmental agency of any
signatory;

(m) Conduct such investigations and inspections as it may deem
appropriate to carry out its functions under this compact;

(n) Adopt, amend and repeal such rules and regulations, and pre-
scribe the effective dates therefor, as it may deem necessary or de-
sirable for the effectuation and enforcement of the compact or to
carry out its responsibilities under the compact. Such rules and
regulations, except those relating solely to the internal management
of the Commission, shall be adopted, amended and repealed only