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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 805

18-l. Unlawful use, etc., of commission's property.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to use, handle, tamper with, obstruct, interfere
with, deface or destroy any of the property of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, including pipes,
fittings, fireplugs, pumps, engines, appliances, wires or
other fixtures or equipment owned or used by the [said]
commission in the construction and operation of its systems
within the Washington Suburban Sanitary District except
under such rules and regulations as the [said] commission
may adopt.

18-2. Leaving dead animals or fecal matter unburied.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation within the sanitary district created by chapter
122 of the Acts of 1918 or upon any watershed from which the
[said] commission gets its water supply, whether within or
without [said] THE district, to leave unburied for a longer
period than twenty-four hours any dead animal or animals or
fecal matter, and the commission may in addition to the
penalty hereinafter provided after the expiration of [said]
THE time, bury [said] THE animal or fecal matter and charge
the cost thereof to the owner or the person upon whose
property the same is found.

18-3. Violation of two preceding sections.

-Any violation of the provisions of sections
[83-115—83-117] 18-1 AND 18-3 [are] IS hereby declared to
be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable before any justice
of the peace or the circuit court of the county in which
such offense is committed, and any person adjudged guilty
thereof shall be subject to a fine not exceeding [one
hundred dollars ($100.00)] $100 or thirty days in the county
jail or both in the discretion of the court.

18-4. Sanitary district not comprehended within Article 11E
of state Constitution.

The general assembly of Maryland hereby finds,
determines and declares that the term "municipal
corporation" in Article 11E of the Constitution of Maryland
does not embrace or include the Washington Suburban Sanitary
District which was incorporation by chapter 122 of the laws
of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1918, that the
Washington Suburban Sanitary District cannot be classified
in any group of municipal corporations as required by [said]
Article 11E, and that [said] Article 11E therefore has no
application to the Washington Suburban Sanitary District.

18-5. Commission exempt from fees under Forestry Act.

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is hereby
exempted from the payment of any fees or charges under the
state Forestry Act, sections [22 and 23] 5-403(B) AND (C) of