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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 179

six months period shall enter into any loan agreement
with any federal agency for the financing of its proposed
electric system, and shall file a written notice thereof
with the Commission, together with a copy of said loan
agreement, no such electric utility, power and light
company, person or corporation after receipt of such loan
agreement shall begin the construction of any electric
distribution lines within said area or areas or solicit
customers for electric service therein until after the
expiration of twelve months from the date of filing said
notice of said loan agreement.

(c)    Commission to give notice. —It shall be the
duty of the Commission to give notice in writing of the
filing of said map or maps and statement and said loan
agreement to each electric utility and power and light
company having any electric transmission or distribution
lines or system within, or within ten miles of, any area
shown in said map where said filing corporation intends
to operate its proposed system. There shall be attached
to said notices blueprint copies of said maps, a copy of
said statement, and a copy of the notice of said loan
agreement in the event that such an agreement shall have
been entered into, sufficient copies for the purpose of
such notices shall be furnished to the Commission by and
at the expense of the filing corporation. The filing
corporation may give the notices required by subsections

(a) and (b) hereof and such notices shall be effectual
for the purposes of this [subheading] ACT notwithstanding
any failure of the Commission to give the notices herein
provided for. Any notice shall be deemed to have been
given within the requirements of this [subheading] ACT
when it has been deposited in the mails with postage
prepaid and addressed to the principal office of any said
electric utility, power and light company, person or
corporation.

(d)    Rules of Commission to carry out provisions.
—The Commission is hereby authorized to make and
promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out
the provisions of this section and to take appropriate
action for the enforcement thereof, including proceedings
for injunctions against violation thereof, instigated in
the name of the Commission and upon its own motion;
provided that these powers and remedies shall be in
addition to all other remedies provided herein or that
may exist under general provisions or rules of law.

(e)   Injunction against violation of section. —Any
filing corporation may institute proceedings to enjoin
any violations of this section in the circuit court for
any county where said filing corporation may have its
principal place of business or where any such violations
are alleged to take place, or to be threatened, and such
proceedings may be on the relation of the Attorney
General or the State's attorney of any county in which
any portion of the proposed collective system of said
filing corporation may be located. It shall be the duty