The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-08-28

erations, natural or artificial, slngly
or combined, that enter into the collec-
tions transportation, treatment and
final disposition Of sewerage.
(c) Sewerage Districts: All the
territory within which the topographic
or economic conditions are such as to
make possible or advisable the concen-
tration of sewerage at one point, either
for treatment and final disposition or
transportation to more distant point.
(d) Drainage: All storm, surface
or ground water, either IN natural or
artificial channels.
(e) Drainage System: All the agen-
cies, methods appliances or operations,
natural or artificial, singly or combined,
that enter into the collection, transpor-
tation and final disposition Of storm.
surface or underground water.
() Drainage District: All the terri
tory forming the water shed of a par
tlcular stream
(g) Sewerage or Drainage Areas:
Subdivision of Sewerage or drainage
districts made necessary by topographic
or economic conditions.
CHI Public Nuisance: ANY matter,
whether solid, liquid or gaseous, which
of itself is injurious to health, or which
NAV become so, on contact with other
substances, whether the latter may be
in themselves harmful or not. further,
any matter which, though not demon
strably poisonous, is offensive to the
senses or which on being allowed to
run into stream will render the water
therein unfit for such purposes as 1t was
used before pollution. Also such dis
position of any matter, that it may,
while in condition above described, ap-
proach within effective distance Of any
distance Of any dwelling or occupied
land shall be held public nuisance.
592-E. And be it further enacsed,
That upon the passage Of this Act, the
said Commission shall cause to be shown
on map of said Prince Georges Coun-
ty the various drainage districts therein,
as shown by the topography in the
different parts of said county. 1t may
thereupon determine which of the dis
tricts or parts thereof is in most imme-
date need of sewerage or drainage
facilities, and proceed to have accurate
surveys of said districts made aud maps
prepared, showing the outlines thereof.
and the various sewerage and drainage
areas therein, together with such topo-
graphic detail as will be necessary for
the proper design of sewerage or drain
systems or parts thereof.
Upon these maps shall be projected
proposed plan of main sewerage and
| drainage for each district and the vari-
Gus sewerage areas therein and they
shall constitute and be designated, on
the approval of the State Board Of
Health, to which duplicate copies shall
| be sent proposed main sewerage and
drainage plants for the several districts
represented.
529.F. And be it further enacted.
That when, after thorough investiga-
ton of the sanitary conditions in any
district or area, the said Commission is
| convinced that the public health and
| welfare demand that all or portion
of the proposed main sewerage or drain
age plan for any district or area be
| constructed and established, they shall
pass resolution to that effect and shall
| at once have prepared the necessary
detail plains, specifications and estima-
as. When such plans and estimates e
Immediately publish, once week f r
three consecutive weeks, in al county
| newspapers published within or near
such district or areas, notices of said
| resolutions and the estimated cost of
the improvement, together with the
fact that said Commission had decided
that a vote be taken on a date given, to
determine whether bonds shall be issued
for the construction and establishment
of all or a part of the main sewerage
or drainage systems in the districts or
ares under consideration.
The said Commissions shall at the
same time certify to the Board of Sup
pervisors of Elections for said county,
that vote is desired ON the question.
They shall also submit to said board
the proposition, to be printed on the
ballot, and file with them maps and de-
scriptions of the district area 1t shall
tbereupon be the duty of the Board of
Supervisors to approve the date for
said election and issue a call for the
same by publication at least once a
week, for period of three consecutive
weeks in all county newspapers pub
lished within the county, provided,
however, that if the date fixed for said
special election is not that of the next
county, State or general election, said
date shall be one at least six months in
advance IF the date on which any one
of the above elections is to be held
The voting lists on the question of
an issue of sewerage and drainage
bonds in any district or area shall be
composed of
(a) The qualified voters from the
last general registers of election of
those entitled to vote at the last coun-
ty. State or general election, residing
in or paying taxes on property within
the district or area.
(b) Resident taxpayers, not qualif-
ed voters therin.
(c) Nonresident taxpayers.
(b) Provide, however, that person
paying dog tax shall not be construct
ed taxpayer for the purposes of this
Act.
The Board of election Supervisors
shall prepare list Of those qualified to
vote on the question, whose names are
found on the general register. The
said Commission shall have prepared
from the tax books of the county, under
the direction of the County Clerk, sepa-
rate lists of the resident and non-resd-
ent taxpayers of the district or area.
These shall be handed to the Board of
Supervisors, who shall cause to be
stricken off from the taxpayers lists
any name found on the list prepared
lIOm tut elcCGlOu REGISTERS.
The said Commission shall have for
warded to each resident taxpayer not
on the list of qualified voters prepared
by the Supervisors Of Elections and to
each nonresident taxpayer. at the last
known addresses, copy of the various
official publications on the matter, and
copy Of the order fixing the time and
place of the election, together with
blank ballot, across the face of which
has been printed OF written the words
Resident Taxpayers Ballot" and Nom
resident Taxpayers Ballot" respective
ly. If such taxpayer desires to vote on
the question, the proper mark shall be
made therein, in the presence of
notary, whose ackno wledgement shall
be endorsed, and whose seal affixed to
said ballot, the same then being for
warded IN sealed registered pack .ge
to the said Commission, who shall de-
liver it unopened to the CLERK of the
Election, before the.close of the polls,