2792 ARTICLE 12.

1924, ch. 381, sec. 10.

275. All sums collected by the Mayor and Town Council for front-foot
and connection assessments levied against property for water or sewer
construction, as provided under Sections 271 and 274, shall be set aside
as a separate fund and designated as the "Current Interest and Sinking
Fund Account," from which fund interest shall be paid on all outstand-
ing bonds, and the balance, if any, transferred to the "Water Supply and
Sewerage Sinking Fund Account," as provided under Section 269. The
Mayor and Town Council, in order to determine the amount necessary
to be levied under Section 269, shall deduct the amount to the credit of
said "Current Interest and Sinking Fund Account," from the whole
amount to be raised in any one year for interest and sinking fund on out-
standing bonds, and the balance remaining to be raised shall be the amount
to be collected by taxation as provided under Section 269.

1924, ch. 381, sec. 11.

276. For the purpose of providing funds for maintaining, repairing
and operating its water supply and sewerage systems, including overhead
expenses and proper depreciation allowance, said Mayor and Town Coun-
cil shall be empowered and directed to make such service rates as may be
necessary, chargeable against all properties having a connection with any
water main or sewer under their ownership. Said rates shall be uniform
throughout the town, but subject to change from time to time as neces-
sary. The rates for service shall consist of a ready to serve charge based
upon the size of the meter on the water connection leading to the prop-
erty, and of a charge for water used, and shall be based upon the amount
of water passing the meter during the period between the last two read-
ings, said meter being required to be placed on each water connection, by,
and at the sole expense of, the Mayor and Town Council. Bills for the
amount of the charges as above specified shall be sent quarterly or semi-
annually, as the Mayor and Town Council shall determine, to each prop-
erty served, and shall be thereupon payable at the office of the Mayor
and Town Council; and if any bill shall remain unpaid after thirty days
from date of sending, the Mayor and Town Council shall, after written
notice, to be left upon the premises or mailed to the last known address
of the owner, turn off the water from the property in question and it shall
not be turned on again until said bill shall have been paid, together with
such turn-on charge as the Mayor and Town Council shall require. If any
bill shall remain unpaid for sixty days after being sent out by the Mayor
and Town Council, it shall be collectible against the owner of the prop-
erty served, in the same manner as other public debts are collectible in
the said town.

1924, ch. 381, sec. 12.

277. The Mayor and Town Council may enter upon any State or
County highway for the purpose of installing, maintaining and operating
its water or sewerage systems, and it may construct in such highway a
water main or sewer or any appurtenance thereof without the receipt of a