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pay one-fourth of said charge, in which case the balance shall be paid in
three equal annual installments, such deferred payments to bear interest
at the rate of 6 per cent, and to be payabe at the same time, in the same
manner, and subject to the same penalties and methods of collection., as
the front foot benefit charges provided under Section 58. One-half of the
revenue, above actual cost, derived from such charges shall be retained
by the Commissioners of Delmar as a contingent fund for repairs, replace-
ments, or any extraordinary expense in the maintenance and operation of
the sewerage system under their control. The remainder half shall be
applied by the Commissioners of Delmar to the payment of any obliga-
tion of the Commissioners of Delmar.

1927, ch. 16, sec. 10.

61. For the purpose of providing funds for maintaining, repairing
and operating its sewerage and drainage systems, including overhead ex-
penses and depreciation allowance, said Commissioners of Delmar shall
be empowered and directed to make such service rates as they may deem
necessary, chargeable against all properties having a connection with any
sewer under its ownership. Said rates shall be uniform throughout the
town of Delmar, but subject to change from time to time, as necessary.

1927, ch. 16, sec. 11.

62. The Commissioners of Delmar may enter upon any county or
municipal street, road or alley or any public highway other than State
highway, for the purpose of installing, maintaining and operating the
sewerage and drainage system provided for under this Act, and they may
construct in any such street, road or alley or public highway, a sewer or
drain, or any appurtenance thereof by first obtaining a permit from the
proper authorities without the payment of a charge; provided that when-
ever any County or municipal highway is to be disturbed the public au-
thority having control thereof shall be duly notified, and provided, further,
that said highway shall be repaired and left by the Commissioners of
Delmar in the same, or a not inferior condition to that existing before
being torn up, and that all cost incident thereto shall be borne by the
Commissioners of Delmar. When said Commissioners of Delmar desire
to enter upon any State highway for the purposes aforesaid, they must
first comply with the provisions of Section 32, of Article 91 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland (1924 ed.).

1927, ch. 16, sec. 12.

63. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Act,
unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable before any justice of the
Peace, or the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, and shall be brought
by warrant or indictment upon the oath or information of any member of
said Commissioners of Delmar, or any employee thereof, and the offender
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars or thirty days in the County jail, or both, in the discretion of the