HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 635

ing five years, with interest on each said one-fifth from the
date when said expense was incurred, and, thereupon, it shall
be the duty of the said Treasurer, in preparing the tax bills
for each of the said five succeeding years, to add the amount
of one-fifth of said whole charge, with interest from the date
when said expense was incurred, to the tax bill upon said
property. And the said one-fifth so added, and interest
thereon, shall be a lien on the property to the same extent, and
be collectible in the same manner, as the County taxes thereon.
Any person thus charged with the expense of such connection,
as hereinabove provided, shall have a right of appeal there-
from to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.

Any owner in default for failing to comply with the notice
from the Commissioners to connect sewers and drains, as
hereinabove provided, shall have the right to select the person
to make the connections and do the other work herein re-
quired to be done by the Commissioners, and make the agree-
ment with such person as to the cost of such work, and the
Commissioners shall employ such person to do such work for
the price so agreed on between such person and such owner,
provided, the following conditions are complied with:

1. The owners shall notify the Commissioners in writing,
within fifteen days after the receipt of the notice hereinabove
provided for, of such owner's intention to select someone to
do the work required by said notice and make contract with
such person as to the cost of such work, and within thirty
days after receiving the notice from the Commissioners, such
owner shall deliver to them a written agreement between him-
self and the person selected by him to do the work required
by such notice, which agreement shall state that the person so
selected by the owner shall do all the work required by this
Act to be done and in conformity with the requirements of
this Act, and also an agreement signed by such owner agree-
ing that upon said work being done by the person so selected
by such owner, and the expense so agreed upon being paid by
the Commissioner, that such owner will repay the amount of
such expense, in five equal annual instalments, with interest
on each instalment from the time such work is done until paid,
and that such instalments respectively and interest thereon
shall be a lien on the property of such owners, and shall be
added to the tax bills on such property for such years and
collected in the same manner as the taxes on said property.

2. The agreement between the owner and the person to do
said work shall not include any work beyond the work neces-
sarily required to be done by said notice, and the Commis-
sioners shall be satisfied with the price agreed upon by such