MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(b)    Effect of sale. From and after payment to the
proper parties of the agreed purchase price, or other
amounts found to be due by the Commission [as aforesaid],
the Commission [shall be authorized to] MAY rake
possession of, maintain and operate [said] THE system,
whether private or municipal, as part of its general
system. [, and from] FROM the date of [such] THE payment
all properties along the line of any water main or sewer
of the system as acquired shall stand in the same
relation, bear the same benefit assessment, and be
subject to the same regulations and penalties as though
the system so acquired had been constructed and put into
operation by the Commission under the provisions of this
[sub—title] SUBTITLE[; provided, however, that no].
HOWEVER, A building or premises actually connected in an
adequate manner with the [said] acquired system at the
time of its purchase [shall] MAY NOT be required to pay
any connection charge.

(c)    Unfit systems. Whenever there is in existence
a privately owned water supply or sewerage system which
in the judgment of the Commission is unfit, as a whole or
in part, for incorporation with the Commission's system,
the Commission shall disregard the existence of [said]
THE system or unfit part [thereof] OF IT and extend [its]
A system OR CONSTRUCT A NEW SYSTEM to serve the area
[tributary to] OF the existing system or unfit part.
[thereof, and all] ALL the provisions of this [sub-title]
SUBTITLE relating to systems constructed by the
Commission [shall] apply to [said] THE extension OR NEW
SYSTEM.

(d)    Municipal systems. Any [municipality]
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION whose system is acquired by the
Commission[, whether by purchase or condemnation, is
hereby authorized to] MAY use the amount paid to it for
[said] THE system for the purchase or redemption of any
bonds or debt which may be outstanding against [the same]
IT, or the Commission may as a part of the purchase price
of [said] THE system[, ] assume the payment of any such
outstanding bonds.

[(e) Restriction. The Commission 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 law requiring the same.]

172. Private systems; NEW.

[After June 1, 1957, whenever the county or the
property owners or residents of any locality in a
district shall desire a water supply, sewerage or
drainage system, or part thereof, to be constructed in
that county or locality, and the Commission shall decide
that it is inexpedient or impracticable at that time,
owing to the remoteness from its general system or other