MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3413

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 necessary.
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 property, and
of a charge for water used, which shall include the proportionate cost of
maintenance and operation of the sewerage system, and shall be based
upon the amount of water passing the meter during the period between
the last two readings, said meter being required to be placed on each water
connection by, and at the sole expense of, the Mayor and Council. In case
a property is connected to the sewerage system, but does not use water
from the municipal system, the Mayor and Council shall make such rate
for sewerage service as they shall deem proper. Bills for the amount of
the charges as above specified shall be sent quarterly or semi-annually, as
the Mayor and Council shall determine, to each property served, and shall
be thereupon payable at the office of the Mayor and Council; and if any
bill shall remain unpaid after thirty days from date of sending, the Mayor
and 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 Council shall require. If any bill shall remain unpaid for sixty days
after being sent out by the Mayor and Council, it shall be collectible against
the owner of the property served, in the same manner as other public debts
are collectible in the Town of Gaithersburg.

1922, ch. 216, sec. 12.

397. The Mayor and Council may enter upon any state or county
highway for the purpose of installing, maintaining and operating their
water and sewerage systems, and they may construct in such highway a
water main or sewer or any appurtenance thereof without the receipt of
a permit or the payment of a charge; provided that whenever any state
or county highway is to be disturbed the public authority having control
thereof shall be duly notified, and provided further that said highway
shall be repaired and left by the Mayor and Council in the same or a not
inferior condition to that existing before being torn up, and that all costs
incident thereto shall be borne by the Mayor and Council.

1922, ch. 216, sec. 13.

398. Any employee or agent of the Mayor and Council shall have the
right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any private premises and into
any building in the Town of Gaithersburg, and outside of said town if
the premises or building is connected with the town's water or sewerage
system, while in the pursuit of his official duties, and any restraint or
hindrance offered to such entrance by any owner or tenant or agent of
said owner or tenant, shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section
401 of this subtitle.