WICOMICO COUNTY. 5005

and such plant shall then be installed, maintained and operated under
such rules and regulations as said Commissioners of Delmar may require
or devise. Any violation of any of the provisions of this Section shall be
a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 63 of this subtitle.

1927, ch. 16, sec. 6.

57. All individuals, firms or corporations lawfully having buildings,
structures, works, conduits, mains, piles or other physical obstructions in,
over or under the public lanes, avenues, streets, alleys or highways in the
town of Delmar, which shall block or impede the progress of the sewers
of the Commissioners of Delmar, when in progress of construction and
establishment, shall, upon reasonable notice from said Commissioners of
Delmar, promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove the same, as
to fully meet the exigencies occasioning such notice; and should the exig-
encies of said work in any case involve a taking, in the constitutional
sense, of the franchise or right in the exercise of which such obstruction
had its origin, or of the property subject thereto, the Commissioners of
Delmar shall be empowered to secure the condemnation of such franchise
or right and of the property subject thereto; provided nothing in this
section shall affect in any manner the rights now exercised under the
franchises held by the several public service corporations operating under
franchises held by them from the Commissioners of Delmar, unless the
owner thereof shall consent thereto, or unless taken by condemnation as
hereinbefore provided.

1927. oh. 16, sec. 7.

58. The Commissioners of Delmar, for the purpose of assessing bene-
fits for the construction of said sewerage system, shall divide all prop-
erty binding upon a street, lane, alley, or right of way, in which a sani-
tary sewer is to be laid, into classes. Immediately upon commencement
of the sewerage project, the Commissioners of Delmar are empowered and
directed to fix and levy a benefit charge upon all property abutting upon
said sewer, in accordance with the classification, and shall in writing notify
all owners of said properties into which class their respective properties
fall and the charge determined upon, naming also in said notice a time
and place when and at which said owners will be heard. Such notice may
be mailed to the last known address of the owner, or served in person upon
any adult occupying the premises, or in the case of vacant or unimproved
property, posted upon the premises. The classification of and benefit as-
sessed against any property as made by the Commissioners of Delmar
shall be final, subject only to revision at said hearing, and subject further
to an appeal upon all matters of law and fact to the Circuit Court of
Wicomico County, said appeal to be taken within thirty days after deci-
sion by said Commissioners. The Commissioners may change the classifi-
cation of properties from time to time, as said properties change in the
uses to which they are put. Said benefits shall be levied for sewerage
construction upon the number of front feet abutting upon the street, lane,
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