Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-30
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WATER SITUATION
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hsse an order requiring the 0MnsF Of
the system al plant 10 make Euch ~.
teratf0na 0r exAensioas 10 the system
or plant. or 10 Install such new ays-
TEN 81 plant. 80 the Board may deter
mine necessary 10 c0rgeca improper
conditions. The next section annpli
hes the powers Of she Board Id the
same connection. and extemdH them til
tho ordering of aeweragea and refuse
disposal systemB SecEions 178.4S2 Re
late 10 the name general subject
Section ESQ Of the Same Article
states ID part Any county. munich
paIify, legally constituted water, sew
erage or sanitary district corporation.
company. Institution Or person. dis.
satisfied with any order or regulation
of the state Board Of Heaith under
the proylaions of thga subtitle. may
commence. within fen days after the
service iii such order or regulation.
any such order or regulation. on the
ground that gmch order Of regulation
rs unlawful or unreasonable. Or that
said order is not necessary for the pro-
lection 0f the public health or COM
fort The section sets out the pro
cednre Tor trial iii the lover court and
provides for an appeal to the Court of
Appeals By either party.
Ii Ii Of special interest to note that
this action can be begun by any body
or individual who Is agGrieyed ~ the
order Ii was feared that the public.
might tie blocked LII this matter, even.
though the council voted To test the
matter legally. BY the failure Of the
Board Of Directors Of the. Water Cons.
parry to cooperate An ispection Of
the Law shows this fear To lie ground.
less The action III not properly IN
appeal Al all. but an original action to
yaeato the order. and pay be insii.
tuted by any interested body or inai
vIduai. or course, the City Council.
which represents the whole city. and
which would have To arrange FOR the
funds md other matters. would be
competent Id bring the action. but II
1t did not. an Individual taxpayer
could.
The other provisions Of the law
which are connected with the matter
me- contained iii chapter 2O5 of the
Acts og 1913. the Act under which
Mayor Strange appointed Mr. Melvin
president Of the Annapolis Water
Company after he had failed Of cleo
tion By the City Council and which
made important changes In the organ
Ization ef that corporation, Increasing
the number og directors and incTeas
ing their salaries, among other things
ii is provided here that no filtration
plant shall be constructed except upon
favorable vote of the taxpayers Of
the city. nj an election To be held
within eight months of the taking ef
feet of the Act. This provision. some
think. amends the powers Of the State
Board Of Health TO force conatrylcs
ton Of the plant Others mink that Il
Hi only binding on the Water Com
Parry. However, II raises d question
which may also hive 70 be tested II
the courts Any taxpayer could In
siitute the suit BY asking for an in
junction restraining the construction
~ the plant
The election which was made man;
datory by this Act was never held
the advocates Or filtration were never
willing to submit their scheme to the
taxpayers. and far less to the voters
ia general. Those who did not want
the plant, of course. were not anxious
to force the election: those who want.
ea II. never dared to test the public
feeling, ii cannot he doubted that Il
would have been defeated to !, YET
the State BOARD Of Health was assured
that the public supported the project