2050

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 723

any public road, street, or way, which blocks or impedes the
construction and establishment of the [commission's]
COUNTY'S water [supply], sewerage, or drainage systems, or
other works, upon reasonable notice from the [commission]
BOARD, shall promptly shift, adjust, accommodate, or remove
structures or obstructions as fully to meet the exigencies
occasioning the action; provided, however, that the
REASONABLE cost of the changes shall be borne by the
[commission] COUNTY. Every public service corporation,
company, or individual, before it or they shall begin any
excavation or construction in street, road, way, or public
highway, shall file with the [commission] BOARD plans of
such work and construction showing the location and depth in
the street, road, way, or public highway of the proposed
main, conduit, pole, pipe, or other structure, and such
construction or work shall not be begun until the plan is
approved by the [commission] BOARD, nor shall any change be
made in the approved plan or in the work or construction as
shown by the plan, except on further approval of the
[commission] BOARD. Whenever any main, conduit, pole, pipe,
or other structure is installed without the filing of plans
with the [commission] BOARD and the approval thereof by it,
or when any change is made in the location of the main,
conduit, pipe, pole, or other structure as shown upon the
plans approved by the [commission] BOARD, or any approved
change therein, the [commission] BOARD, if and when such
conduit, main, pipe, or pole, or other structure interferes
with the construction of or operation of [its] THE water,
DRAINAGE, or sewerage system, or other works, may remove the
conduit, main, pipe, pole, or other structures or change the
location thereof at the cost and expense of the party
putting them in, or their heirs, assigns, or successors, and
without any liability upon the part of the [commission]
COUNTY for damage that might be done to the same by reason
of the [commission's] BOARD'S operation in constructing or
maintaining [its systems] THE SYSTEM or works. Any
violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor
punishable under section [10A-23] 10A-30 OF THIS CHAPTER.

[10A-11.] 10A-17.

Whenever the plans and specifications for water
[supply], sewerage, or drainage systems or extensions
thereof shall have been completed and the [commission] BOARD
has decided to proceed with construction, it shall[, when
required by this chapter, by notice in one newspaper
(county—wide circulation) published in the county and such
other newspapers as it may deem proper, advertise for]
SOLICIT bids for the construction of the system or systems,
in part or as a whole, as in its judgment may appear
advisable. The contract shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder, or the [commission] BOARD may reject any
or all bids; and, if in its discretion the prices quoted are
unreasonable or unbalanced, it may [readvertise] OBTAIN BIDS
FOR the work or any part of it or may do any part or all of
the work by day labor; provided, that at any time the
[commission] BOARD, in its discretion, may expend by day