262 ARTICLE 43.

1927, ch. 641, sec. 348F.

348F. Said municipal authorities shall provide for each and every prop-
erty abutting upon a street or right of way in which under Sections 348A-
348R a water main or sanitary sewer is laid, a water service pipe or sewer
connection which shall be extended, as required, from the water main or
sewer to the property line of the abutting lot, said service pipe or sewer con-
nection to be constructed by and at the sole expense of said authorities.
When any water main or sewer is declared by said authorities complete and
ready for the delivery of water or the reception of sewage, every abutting
property owner, after due notice, shall make connection of all spigots or hy-
drants, toilets and waste drains, with said water main or sewer within such
reasonable time as may be prescribed by said authorities. Where the afore-
said drains or fixtures do not exist, or are of a nature which in the judg-
ment of said authorities are improper or inadequate, satisfactory equip-
ment or arrangements shall be installed. All cess pools, drains and privies
on properties connected with a sewer shall be abandoned and left in such
way that they cannot again be used or injuriously affect the public health,
said disposition to be determined by said authorities; and all wells that
are found by said authorities to be polluted or a menace to health shall like-
wise be abandoned and closed. Any violation of the provisions of this Sec-
tion shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 348O.

1927, ch. 641, sec. 348G.

348G. For the purpose of providing funds for maintaining, repairing
and operating water supply, sewerage, drainage and refuse disposal systems
constructed under the provisions of Sections 348A-348R, including overhead
expense and proper depreciation allowance, municipal authorities shall have
full power and authority to make such service rates as they may deem neces-
sary, chargeable against all properties served by a water main, sewer, drain
or refuse disposal system under their ownership. Service rates shall be
subject to change from time to time as said authorities deem necessary.
Said rates shall be payable at such times, and shall be subject to such penal-
ties for non-payment, as said authorities may determine, and they shall
be collectable against the owner of the property served, in the same man-
ner as other debts are collectable at law.

1927, ch. 641, sec. 348H.

348H. Municipal authorities shall be empowered and authorized to
formulate and cause to be effective such rules and regulations as they may
deem necessary for maintaining and operating waiter supply, sewerage,
drainage and refuse disposal systems under their control, and may formu-
late and put into effect plumbing regulations, which shall govern the in-
stallation and alteration of all water supply, plumbing and drainage ar-
rangements on private property. Said authorities may require that no
water supply, plumbing or drainage work be done on any private property
without the receipt of a permit and without the payment of such charge
as they may deem reasonable. Any violation of any rule or regulation