2166                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 739

AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1979, IS
NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE, THE BOARD PROMPTLY SHALL GIVE NOTICE
OF THE PROPOSED RATES, CHARGES, AND ASSESSMENTS IN AT LEAST
ONE NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN CARROLL COUNTY.
THEREAFTER, THE BOARD SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
NECESSITY OR ADVISABILITY OF THE PROPOSED RATES, CHARGES, OR
ASSESSMENTS.

(D) WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUBTITLE OR OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COUNTY
HAS AND MAY EXERCISE ALL POWERS NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR
CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBTITLE,
INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE
FOREGOING, THE FOLLOWING:

(1)    TO SUE AND BE SUED, IMPLEAD AND BE
IMPLEADED, COMPLAIN, AND DEFEND IN ALL COURTS.

(2)    TO APPOINT OFFICERS, ATTORNEYS,
ACCOUNTANTS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND SERVANTS TO IMPLEMENT
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE AND TO FIX THEIR
COMPENSATION AND TO SUPERVISE THEIR DUTIES.

(3)    TO BORROW MONEY AND ISSUE BONDS,
CERTIFICATES, OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS, THE
BORROWING OF ALL MONEY AND THE ISSUANCE OF ALL BONDS BEING
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS, PROVISIONS, AND SPECIFICATIONS
CONTAINED IN THIS SUBTITLE.

(4)    TO ESTABLISH, EXTEND, AND MAINTAIN WATER,
SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN CARROLL COUNTY OTHER THAN
IN ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH EXISTED ON JUNE 1, 1967,
AND IN THOSE AREAS WITHIN 1 MILE OF THE PRESENT CORPORATE
LIMITS OF ANY EXISTING MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR THE
CORPORATE LIMITS AS MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY AN EXISTING
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION UNLESS SUCH WATER, SEWERAGE, AND
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ARE APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
15-3 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(5)    TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH ANY THIRD
PERSON TO EFFECT THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE.

15-2.

[(a) The Sanitary Commission hereby created shall be
under the jurisdiction of five persons, all of whom shall be
appointed by the Board, and all of whom shall reside in
Carroll County and shall be resident taxpayers of said
County and qualified voters thereof. The members of the
Commission shall receive such expenses as may be determined
by the Board from time to time. The term of the five
members shall be five years, or until their successors are
appointed and have qualified, except that the first
Commissioner named by the Board shall serve for one year,
the second shall serve for two years and the third shall
serve for three years, the fourth shall serve four years and
the fifth shall serve five years from the dates of their
respective appointments; and as the term of each