HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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determined value of the plant or system such sum as it may
reasonably determine was added to the purchase price of
[said] THE land or lots in the sale thereof for the purpose
of constructing [said] THE system. Privately owned systems
shall be taken under [said] THE condemnation by [said] THE
commission free and clear of all debts and liens, but [said]
THE commission shall make a party defendant any person, firm
or corporation having any record lien or encumbrance against
the same, and the circuit court is hereby empowered and
authorized to determine the respective amounts due the
defendants, and from and after the payment into court or to
the proper parties, [said] THE commission shall be
authorized to take possession of, maintain and operate
[said] THE system, whether private or municipal, as a part
of its general system, and from the date of such payment all
properties along the line of any water main or sewer of the
system so acquired shall stand in the same relation, bear
the same benefit assessment, and be subject to the same
regulations and penalties, as though the system so acquired
had been constructed and put into operation by the [said]
commission under the provisions of this [subtitle] ARTICLE;
provided, however, that no building or premises, actually
connected in an adequate manner with [said] THE acquired
system at the time of its purchase, shall be required to pay
the connection charge specified under section [83-80] 6-1.
Whenever there is in existence a privately owned water
supply or sewerage system which in the judgment of the
commission is unfit, as a whole or in part, for
incorporation with the commission's system, the commission
shall disregard the existence of [said] THE system or unfit
part thereof and extend its system to serve the area
tributary to the existing system or unfit part thereof, and
all the provisions of this [subtitle] ARTICLE relating to
systems constructed by the commission shall apply to [said]
THE extension. Any municipality whose system is acquired by
[said] THE commission, whether by purchase or condemnation,
is hereby authorized to use the amount paid to it for [said]
THE system for the purchase or redemption of any bonds or
debt which may be outstanding against the same; or the
commission may, as a part of the purchase price of [said]
THE system, assume the payment of any such outstanding
bonds.

3-7. Authority of commission generally.

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is hereby
authorized to plan, design, construct, maintain, and operate
a system for the control and disposition of surface waters,
in accordance with the capital improvements program of the
commission, within the limits of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary District, and for this purpose, the commission is
given all of the power and authority to implement the
capital improvements program, including the right to
condemn, heretofore given it by law, in the construction and
operation of its water and sewer system, and the right and
authority to negotiate with any public agency and to make
contracts with the agency, including the government of the