HARPY HUGHES, Governor

2051

labor for construction AND FOR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, an
amount not exceeding [one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)]
$5,000 without advertising and receiving bids. 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.
[Nothing in this section shall preclude the commission from
performing any work with its own employees and/or
equipment.]

[10A-12.] 10A-18.

No sewerage, water, or drainage system or extension
thereof serving two or more properties in [the sanitary
district] FREDERICK 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 plans and specifications
which have been 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 [10A—23] 10A—30 of this
chapter. 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
the 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 the
system or part thereof or [said] THE water main, sewer,
storm water drain, water PURIFICATION or [sewerage] SEWER
treatment plant or connection with any of them in the same
manner as provided under section [10A—4] 10A—9. 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]
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
authorised by this section shall be approved if the
construction and operation of the system or systems will
cause water pollution endangering the water supply of any
municipality or other public agency or private utility
corporation supplying [sanitary services] WATER AND SEWER
SERVICES in Frederick County. If a private system approved
under the authority hereof causes such pollution, then the