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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 739

equipment an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars
($5,000,00) without advertising and receiving bids [, upon
the concurrence of the County Commissioners of Carroll
County]. All such contracts shall be protected by such
bonds, penalties, and conditions as the [Commission] BOARD
may require, all of which shall be enforced in any court
having jurisdiction,

15-14.

No sewerage, water, or drainage system or extension
thereof serving two or more properties in [the county]
CARROLL COUNTY may be constructed by any private owner
without the prior approval of the [Commission] BOARD. If
upon application for the construction or extension of any
such system the [Commission] BOARD determines that the
construction or extension is inexpedient or impracticable at
that time, owing to the remoteness from its general system
or other considerations, the applicant may build and operate
the system or extension thereof at its own expense; but it
shall be constructed only under such plans and
specifications as have teen submitted to and approved by the
[Commission] BOARD, and its maintenance and operation shall
be under the general control or supervision of the
[Commission] BOARD. No such system or part thereof or no
water main, sewer, storm WATER drain, water purification or
sewage treatment plant or no connection with any of them
shall be constructed or installed except as in this section
provided, and any violation of this provision shall be a
misdemeanor punishable under Section 15-24 of this subtitle.
The applicant for the construction or extension of any such
privately-owned system shall bear the reasonable costs that
the [Commission] BOARD may incur for the review and approval
of any such plans and for the supervision by the
[Commission] BOARD of the maintenance and operation of such
system. All construction and operating records including
cost records shall be filed with the [Commission] BOARD,
which shall be empowered at any time to take over said
system or part thereof or said water main, sewer, storm
water drain, water PURIFICATION or sewage treatment plant or
connection with any of them in the same manner as provided
under Section 15—5. Nothing in this section impairs the
rate making powers of the Public Service Commission nor
eliminates the requirements of the law for the approval of
the Department of Health AND MENTAL HYGIENE in the
construction and maintenance of [sanitary] THE facilities.
No private sewerage, water or drainage systems or extensions
thereof authorized by this section shall be approved if the
construction and operation of such system or systems will
cause water pollution endangering the water supply of any
municipality or other public agency or private utility
corporation supplying [sanitary] WATER AND SEWER services in
Carroll County, If a private system approved under the
authority hereof causes such pollution, then the
[Commission] COUNTY is authorized to require such
modifications as may be necessary to eliminate such
pollution and to take such other legal steps as may be
necessary to enforce its orders eliminating the nuisance of