ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 725

such damage or expense) upon the assessable property of
persons benefited thereby; and, in the event that the same
shall be so assessed upon the property of said persons (the
amounts so assessed shall be collected by the said Treasurer
under the authority conferred upon him in Section one
hundred and seventy-nine, and the said Board shall have
power to pass all necessary ordinances to that end); the
said President and Commissioners shall have the power to
determine when pavements or sidewalks shall be re-laid,
re-built or re-constructed, and shall, also, have the power
to determine when it shall be necessary to re-lay, re-build
or re-construct sidewalks or pavements in order that the
pavements or sidewalks in the town shall be of a uniform
construction; that one-half of the cost of re-laying, re-
building or re-constructing said pavements or sidewalks, or
any other expense in connection therewith, shall be a lien
upon the abutting land, as in the nature of a judgment at
law, taking precedence over any other lien against the said
land, whether the same be created by mortgage or other-
wise, and shall be collectible by either execution or by a
proceeding in equity, as now provided at law or in equity
for the collection of liens against real estate. Nothing
herein contained shall operate to prevent the President and
Commissioners from recovering for pavements or side-
walks heretofore constructed under the authority contained
in Chapter 623 of the Acts of 1890, but all rights to recover
against land owners for pavements heretofore re-laid, re-
built or re-constructed is hereby saved.

188A. That all water rents, or sums due to the
Town of Elkton, for the use of water, past due and in de-
fault, and all sums due and in default for sewer and water
connections, shall be a lien against the real estate furnished
by the President and Commissioners with water and shall
take precedence over any other lien on said real estate,
whether the same shall have been created by a mortgage
or otherwise, provided, that no lien against any real estate
shall be created against the same for water furnished the
premises for the use of a tenant who is engaged in manu-
facturing, but shall only be a lien on the real estate for
water furnished for domestic purposes; and the said liens
shall be collectible by either execution or by a proceeding
in equity, as now provided at law or in equity for the col-
lection of liens against real estate.

188B. That the President and Commissioners shall
nave the authority to zone the Town of Elkton, divid-