CARROLL COUNTY. 1785

and in the event of such connection being made, said property owner and
said property, as to all charges, rates and benefits shall in every respect
stand in the same position as if the said property abutted upon a water
main. The annual benefit charges as above specified shall be a first lien
upon the property against which they are assessed, subject only to prior
State, county and municipal charges, and shall be enforced by a judgment
upon complaint of the Mayor and Common Council of Manchester before
any Justice of the Peace or Circuit Court for Carroll County, and usual
execution thereon. No such annual benefit charges shall continue as a lien
for a period longer than two years from the date from which the same be-
came in default, unless it is reduced to a judgment and duly recorded
among the records of the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Carroll
County. Said benefit charge shall be payable at the office of the Mayor
and Common Council of Manchester immediately upon being levied, and
shall be in default after 60 days from that date; and said levy, and any
judgment obtained as a result of the default of the payment thereof, shall
bear interest at the rate of 1 per cent, a month from and after the time
said levy is in default.

1924, ch. 93, sec. 8.

198. Said Mayor and Common Council of Manchester shall provide
for each and every property abutting upon a street or right-of-way in
which, under this Act, a water main is laid, a water connection which
shall be extended as required, from the water main to the property line
of the abutting lot, said connection to be constructed by, and at the sole
expense of the Mayor and Common Council of Manchester. When any
water mam is declared by the said Mayor and Common Council of Man-
chester complete and ready for the delivery of water, every abutting prop-
erty owner, after due notice, shall make connection of all spigots or
hydrants, toilets, with said water main within a time prescribed by the
said Mayor and Common Council of Manchester. Where the aforesaid
fixtures do not exist or are of a nature which, in the judgment of the
Mayor and Common Council of Manchester, is improper or inadequate,
satisfactory equipment shall be installed. All wells and cisterns that are
found by the Mayor and Common Council of Manchester to be polluted
or a menace to health shall be abandoned and closed. Any violation of
the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable under
Section 206 of this subtitle.

1924, ch. 93, sec. 9.

199. Before any plumbing, water works construction is done in any
building, or upon any private property, within the corporate limits of
the town of Manchester, the person, firm or corporation doing the same
shall first obtain a permit from said Mayor and Common Council of Man-
chester and pay therefor such reasonable sum as the Mayor and Common
Council of Manchester may prescribe. Such work shall be done under
and pursuant to such rules, regulations and requirements as the Mayor