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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 739

Any employee or agent of the [Commission] COUNTY has
the right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any
private premises and into any building in the [county, in
areas under the jurisdiction of the Commission as enumerated
in this subtitle] SERVICE AREA while in pursuit of his
official duties, after reasonable notice and upon reasonable
notice and first presenting proper credentials from the
[Commission] BOARD. The [Commission] BOARD or [its] THE
COUNTY'S agent or employees may order and require such
changes in plumbing, water usage, drainage or water or sewer
connections as it deems necessary to eliminate leakage, loss
of water, unnecessary or improper use of sewers. The
[Commission] BOARD shall exercise control of the water
supply at all times and in case of shortage of water or, for
any other reason, the [Commission] BOARD, in the exercise of
its discretion, may determine that the water supply should
be conserved. The consumers, upon notice from the
[Commission] COUNTY, its agents or employees, or upon notice
published in one newspaper published in [the county] CARROLL
COUNTY for one insertion, shall comply with any order passed
by the [Commission] BOARD to conserve the water supply. In
addition to any other penalty herein prescribed, the
[Commission] COUNTY may turn off the water supply of any
person violating such an order at any time without further
notice. Any unreasonable restraint or hindrance offered by
any owner, tenant, or agent or any other person, to the
right of entry in this section provided or any violation of
any order issued pursuant to this section is a misdemeanor
punishable under Section 15—24 of this subtitle. 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.

15-1 1.

The [Commission] BOARD may enter upon and excavate any
State or county street, road, or way, or any other public
highway [outside of any municipal corporation existing on
June 1, 1967] WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA, for the purpose of
installing, maintaining, and operating the water [supply],
sewerage, or drainage systems provided for under this
subtitle; and it may construct in any such street, road,
way, or public highway, a water main, sewer, or drain or any
appurtenances thereof, without the receipt of a permit or
the payment of a charge; provided that whenever any State or
county highway WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA is to be disturbed
the public authority having control thereof shall be duly
notified; and provided further, that the highway shall be
repaired and left by the [Commission] BOARD in the same
condition or in a condition not inferior to, that existing
before it was torn up, and that all costs incident thereto
shall be borne by the [Commission] COUNTY.

15-12.

All individuals, firms, or corporations having
buildings, conduits, pipes, tracks, poles, or other