MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            2533

173.  Entry upon roadways.

The Commission 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[,] OR sewerage
[or drainage] systems provided for under this [sub—title]
SUBTITLE, and it may construct in any such street, road,
alley or public highway, a water main[,] OR sewer [or
drain] or any appurtenance thereof, without the [receipt
of a permit or the] payment of a charge[; provided,
that]. HOWEVER, whenever any State, County or municipal
highway is to be disturbed the public authority having
control [thereof] OF IT shall be duly notified[; and
provided further, that said]. THE highway shall be
repaired and left by the Commission in the same condition
as, or in a condition not inferior to, that existing
before [said] THE highway was torn up[, and that all].
ALL costs incident thereto shall be borne by the
Commission.

174.  Entry into buildings.

Any employee or agent of the Commission shall have
the right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any
private premises and into any building, in [such] ANY
sanitary district, while in pursuit of his official
duties, upon first presenting proper credentials from the
Commission[, and any]. ANY restraint or hindrance
offered to [such] THE entry by any owner or tenant, or
agent of [said] THE owner or tenant, or any other person,
[shall be] IS a misdemeanor punishable under Section 176
of this [sub-title] SUBTITLE.

175.  Obstructions.

All individuals, firms or corporations having
buildings, conduits, pipes, tracks, poles or other
structures or obstructions in, on, over, under or through
any public road, street or alley of any sanitary
district[, or any portion of St. Mary's County outside of
any sanitary district], which [shall block] BLOCKS or
[impede] IMPEDES the construction and establishment of
the Commission's water supply[,] OR sewerage [or
drainage] systems, or other works, shall upon reasonable
notice from the Commission, promptly so shift, adjust,
accommodate or remove [such] THE structures or
obstructions as to fully meet the exigencies occasioning
[such] THE action[; provided, however, that the]. THE
costs of such changes shall be borne and paid for by the
Commission. Every public service corporation, company or
individual before it or they shall begin any excavation
or construction in any street, road, alley or public
highway within any sanitary district shall file with the
Commission plans of such work and construction showing
the location and depth in such street, road, alley or
public highway, of the proposed main, conduit, pole, pipe
or other structure, and [such] THE construction or work