GARRETT COUNTY. 2791

Town Council may from time to time formulate, not inconsistent, how-
ever, with the requirements of the Plumbing Code of State of Maryland,
and subject to such inspection as may be deemed necessary. No connec-
tion of any kind shall be made with any water main or sewer, constructed
or maintained by the Mayor and Town Council without a permit and
under such conditions as the Mayor and Town Council may authorize.
The Mayor and Town Council shall have the right of entry at reasonable
hours to all buildings and premises having any connection with the water
supply or sewerage systems under its jurisdiction, and may order and
require such changes in all water or sewer connections, or plumbing, as
it may deem necessary to eliminate improper use of water, or to correct
defective plumbing. No private water supply or sewer installation shall
be constructed in the said town without the person, firm or corporation
doing the work having first obtained a permit from the Mayor and Town
Council and paid a reasonable charge therefor, and such plants shall then
be installed, maintained and operated under such rules and regulations
as the Mayor and Town Council may require. Any violation of any of
the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable under'
Section 281 of this Article.

1924, ch. 381, sec. 9.

274. For the purpose of paying the interest and sinking fund on that
part of the bond issue covering the cost of water and sewer connections,
as provided under Section 272, the Mayor and Town Council shall make
such assessment for each of such connections as they shall determine neces-
sary. All of said assessment for water or sewer connections shall be uni-
form throughout the said town, subject, however, to revision annually by
the Mayor and Town Council as costs and Conditions may require. As-
sessments for water and sewer connections shall be payable annually for
a period of years co-extensive with the period of maturity of the bonds
out of the proceeds of which they were constructed; provided, however,
that the Mayor and Town Council shall establish a fixed uniform charge
for all water and sewer connections, fully sufficient to cover their cost and
changeable* annually, which 'any property owner may elect to pay in one-
sum, at the time the connection is extended to his property line by the
Mayor and Town Council, instead of said annual payments for said con-
nection as above provided; and provided further, that any property owner,
at any time during the life of a connection assessment, may extinguish the
same by payment in cash of an amount, which, if put at interest at 3 1/2
per cent, compounded annually, would yield an annuity equal to the
annual connection assessment for the period for which said assessment has
yet to run. Water or sewer connection assessments shall have the same
priority rights, be payable at the same time and in the same manner, be
enforceable in the same way, and be subject to the same penalties for
non-payment, as front-foot assessments.

*"Chargeable" probably intended.