WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 227

disposal plant or field, reservoir, dam, water purification or
filtration plant, tank or pumping station and drains of any and
every kind, nature and description, and all other facilities,
appurtenances and adjuncts that may be required for any of the
purposes in this chapter. Whenever deemed necessary by the
county in the exercise of any of the aforegoing power and
authority, the county is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift,
devise, bequest, exchange or condemnation from any tenant,
lessee, owner, occupier or holder of any interest in land,
structures or buildings, source of water supply, stream bed,
waterway, water rights, watershed, franchise, water, sewerage or
drainage systems, or parts thereof, or other property, either in
fee or as an easement, within or without the sanitary district.
Proceedings for condemnation under this section shall be
instituted in the circuit court for the county in which such
land, structures or buildings, source of water supply, stream
bed, waterway, water rights, watersheds, franchises, water,
sewerage or drainage systems or other property is situated, as
provided for condemnation of private property for public use in
the [Public General Laws of Maryland] ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND
[, now or hereafter in effect].

19-15.

(a)  To provide for the general health and welfare of the
residents of Cecil County, the county may acquire, construct,
operate, and maintain such water, sewer, and drainage systems as
it deems to be in the public interest. The county may cause
surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates to be made for such
systems. Unless all owners of land which will be served by any
such proposed improvements consent in writing to such
improvements being made, the county shall construct any such
system or extension thereof only after a public hearing held by
the county, after giving notice thereof in two newspapers 1
NEWSPAPER of general circulation published in Cecil County at
least seven days prior to the hearing. At the hearing, plans and
specifications for the proposed improvements shall be presented
together with the estimated costs thereof and estimated revenues
to be derived therefrom. The county may divide the sanitary
district into water, sewerage, and drainage subdistricts in such
way as in its judgment will best serve the needs of the sanitary
district, and promote convenience and economy of installation and
operation, and permit the raising of revenues and apportionment
of costs to those served on an equitable basis, and it is
empowered to keep its books of account accordingly.

(b)  If the residents of any unincorporated locality in the
sanitary district make application for a water supply, sewerage,
or drainage system, or part thereof, to be constructed in their
locality, the county may require the applicants to bear the
reasonable costs for any preliminary engineering studies that the
county deems necessary to determine whether it is feasible to
construct the improvements. Upon the receipt of such reasonable

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