634 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 326

that no water from roofs or cellars or ground water will
enter such portion of said sewerage system and shall also fill
in all cess-pools cleaned out pursuant to said notice with
good, purse material, and in cases where the old drain is to
cross a cess-pool in order to reach the new sewers, shall lay
an iron instead of a vitrified pipe across said cess-pool.

334C. Before the work provided for in Section 334 shall
be covered up or put in operation, the said work must be
approved by the Engineer of the Metropolitan District or his
representative. Any violation of the provisions of this section
shall subject the offender to a penalty of not less than twenty
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, to be collected as
other fines are collected.

334D. Should any owner of any such property refuse,
neglect or fail to comply with any of the terms or require-
ments of the said notice within the time therein stated, then
upon the expiration of the time limited in said notice, if no
application has been made for an extension, or upon the
expiration of the extended time, if an extension has been
granted, the Commissioners are hereby empowered and di-
rected to make the necessary connection and do the other work
hereinabove required to be done in and upon such property,
and to perform all the work required of the said owner of said
property and supply all the materials needed therefor, and
keep an accurate account of the cost of such materials and
work upon each of such properties separately and, upon the
completion of the work, state in writing as to each property
separately that the said connections have been made and said
work done, and the cost of the labor and materials required
in doing the same, with a description of the property so that
the same may be identified, and thereupon shall notify the
owner of said property, by notice similar to that required
when an assessment of property is to be raised, of the amount
of the total expense so incurred, and, in said notice, appoint
a day for such owner to appear before them and show cause
if any exists why said total expense should not be charged
against the said property and added to the tax bills thereon
as hereinafter directed. If such party shall fail to appear
within the time limited, or fail to show any just reason why
said charge should not be made, the Commissioners shall
cause such charge to be entered in a book to be provided
for that purpose and kept in the office of the Treasurer of
Baltimore County; said entry shall show the amount of the
expense for making the sewer connection and the date when
said expense was incurred, and shall contain the further
statement that one-fifth of said total expense shall be added
to the tax bills on said property, for each of the next succeed-