HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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two newspapers in both Prince George's and Montgomery
counties that such rules and regulations and/or revisions
thereof will be adopted unless good cause to the contrary is
shown.

(B) Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of [said] THE rules or regulations so adopted shall,
upon conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, be
fined not more than $100.00 or be imprisoned not more than
[thirty (30)] 30 days, or both fined and imprisoned in the
discretion of the court.

9-3. Same — Extension of power.

The authority of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to adopt, formulate, promulgate and devise rules
and regulations for the construction, installation and
equipment of gas fixtures, devices and connections from the
outlet of the meter supplying any building, which is
provided for by chapter 451 of the Acts of 1943, as amended,
being [sections 83-102 and 86-9-2 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Prince George's County and Montgomery County,
respectively,] SECTION 9-2 OF THIS ARTICLE, is extended to
include those portions of Prince George's County not now
within the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District, and
from and after June 1, 1965, the commission's gas fitting
regulations shall apply to all the area within [said] THE
county. The commission shall have no jurisdiction, however,
over bottled gas, nor shall its rules and regulations apply
to premises upon which only bottled gas is consumed. The
commission shall have the same authority to adopt and revise
rules and regulations, subject to the same procedures for
adoption and revision, however, as specified in section
[83-102 (86-9-2)] 9-2 for the portions of Prince George's
County made subject to the gas fitting regulations by this
section, and a violation of this section or of the
commission's rules and regulations adopted hereunder shall
be punishable in the same manner as specified in [said]
section [83-102 (86-9-2)] 9-2.

10-1. Commission's right of entry.

(a) The commission may enter upon any state, county or
municipal street, road or alley, or any public highway, for
the purpose of installing, maintaining and operating the
water supply, sewerage and drainage system provided for
under this [subtitle] ARTICLE, and it may construct in any
such street, road or alley or public highway, a water main,
sewer or drain, or any appurtenance thereof, which may be
done, except in the improved streets, roads, highways and
alleys which are maintained by Montgomery County or those
streets, roads, highways and alleys which are being
constructed or are to be constructed by Montgomery County,
without the receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge,
and in the aforesaid streets, roads, highways and alleys of
Montgomery County may be done subject to the provisions of
this section with respect to a permit and reasonable county