3132                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 805

10-3. Removal of obstructions — Generally.

All individuals, firms and corporations having
buildings, conduits, pipes, tracks or other physical
obstructions in, over or under the public roads, streets or
alleys of the sanitary district, or of those portions of
Montgomery and Prince George's counties outside of [said]
THE district, which shall block or impede the progress of
the commission's water supply, sewerage or drainage system,
while in process of construction and establishment, shall,
upon reasonable notice from [said] THE commission promptly
so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove the same, at their
own cost and expense as to fully meet the exigencies
occasioning such notice; and should the exigencies of any
case involve the taking, in the constitutional sense, of the
franchise or right in the exercise of which such
construction had its origin, the commission shall be
empowered to condemn an easement in [said] THE franchise or
right. Every public service corporation, company or
individual, before it or they shall begin any underground
construction in any street, road, alley or public highway
within the sanitary district, shall file with the commission
a plan of such construction showing the location and depth
in such street, road, alley or public highway of the
proposed main, conduit or pipe; which plans must be approved
by the commission before such construction is begun; and
when approved no change shall be made in the physical
location of anything shown upon [said] THE plan except upon
the approval of [said] THE commission. Whenever any such
underground main, conduit or pipe is put in without the
filing of plans with the [said] commission and the approval
thereof, or when any change is made in the physical location
of such underground main, conduit or pipe, as shown upon the
plans approved by [said] THE commission, or any approved
change therein, the commission may, when such conduit, main
or pipe interferes with the construction or operation of its
water and sewer systems, remove the same or change the
location thereof at the cost and expense of the party so
putting them in, or its successors, and without any
liability upon the part of the commission for damage that
might be done to the same by reason of the commission's
operations in constructing or maintaining its systems. Any
violation of the provisions of this section shall be a
misdemeanor punishable under section [83-108] 18-7 of this
[subtitle] ARTICLE.

10-4. Same -- Charges for permits, etc.

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is hereby
given authority to make a reasonable charge for a permit and
for such engineering services as it is required to perform
under the provision of section [83-107] 10-3.

10-5. Counties to reimburse one-half of cost of relocation,
etc., of facilities.