BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        2173

complete jurisdiction over all fire hydrants connected with
its water system; and no person, firm or corporation may
operate, use, or make connection with the system without the
written authority of the [Commission] BOARD, except that no
restriction shall apply to any bona fide fire department in
the discharge of its duties. No person, firm, or
corporation may tamper with, deface, damage, or obstruct any
fire hydrant. A violation of any of the provisions of this
section is a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 15—24 of
this subtitle.

(c) Nothing in this section is applicable within any
municipality or to any [sanitary] WATER AND SEWERAGE system
operated by a municipality unless authorized in accordance
with Section 15—3 of this subtitle.

15-9.

The [Commission] COUNTY shall provide for each and
every property abutting upon a street or right—of—way in
which a water main or sewer is laid, when service to such
property is feasible, a water service pipe and sewer
connection, which shall be extended as required from the
water and sewer mains to the property line of the abutting
lot. The water service pipe and the connection with the
sewer shall be constructed by and at the expense of the
[Commission] COUNTY, subject to any charge for said
connection as provided in Section 15—21 of this subtitle,
which charge shall be paid by all property owners at the
office of the [Commission] BOARD. When any water main or
sewer is declared by the [Commission] BOARD to be complete
and ready for the delivery of water or the reception of
sewage, every abutting property owner, after due notice,
shall make a connection of all spigots or hydrants, toilets
and waste drains with the water main or sewer within the
time prescribed by the [Commission] BOARD. If these
fixtures do not exist or are of a nature which, in the
judgment of the [Commission] BOARD, is improper or
inadequate, satisfactory equipment shall be installed by the
owner on the premises consisting of at least one water
closet and one sink or washbasin, both of which shall be
properly connected with the sewer of the [Commission]
COUNTY. No private water or sewerage system shall be
connected to any water or sewerage system owned or operated
by the [Commission] COUNTY. All private water systems
discharging waste water into the [Commission] COUNTY
sewerage system, and cesspools, sink drains, and privies
located on properties connected to sewers provided by the
[Commission] COUNTY shall be abandoned, closed, and left in
a sanitary condition so that no odor or nuisance will arise
therefrom. No roof or other drainage facilities shall
discharge to the [Commission's sanitary] COUNTY'S WATER AND
SEWERAGE facilities. Any violation of the provisions of
this section is a misdemeanor punishable under Section 15—24
of this subtitle.

15-10.