334 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

184A7. The Council shall adopt the county assessment of real
and personal property in said town, and may annually levy an
equal tax on the real and personal property actually within the
limits of said town to such an amount as may, from time to
time, be deemed necessary for general and special purposes, not

exceed fifty cents on a hundred dollars of the taxable property
in said town in any one year; and the Council shall make and
declare a levy at its regular meeting in July in each year or as
soon as the county assessment for the year shall have been
secured, and the items entered into such levy shall be published
for the information of the taxpayers of said town, and the levy
shall be a lien on any and all property of the persons against
whom they are levied, the collection of which may be enforced
in the same manner in which liens for county taxes are now

enforceable by law, or the said taxes may be collected from the
persons chargeable therewith by suit at law in the name of the
Mayor and Council, and interest shall be charged on all taxed
that are not paid within thirty days of the levy; and when any
property lies partly within and partly without the limits of the
town the Council shall have authority to assess the part within
the limits of said town at a proper proportion of the county
valuation.

184A10. The Mayor and Council of Midland shall have power
to pass all ordinances necessary for the welfare and good gov-
ernment of the town; to prevent, remove and abate all nuisances
or obstructions in or on the streets, highways, lanes or lots
adjacent thereto, to make reasonable regulations in regard to
buildings erected in said town, and to grant building permits
for the same; to make and establish and re-establish grades
upon the highways and streets of the town; to cause sidewalks,
curbs and gutters to be laid, graded, paved, repaired or im-
proved along the streets and highways of the said town at the
cost and expense of the abutting property owners; to cause the
water courses, drains and sewers of the town to be kept in
repair and cleansed; to establish such sewers in the town as
the said Mayor and Council may deem necessary, and to compel
the owners of property adjoining which or for the benefit of
which any sewer may be laid to connect with and tap the same,
and to charge a reasonable sum for connection and tappage;
to regulate the making of private connections with sewers, gas
and water pipes and to compel the owners of property to bring
such connections inside the curb of streets before permanent
improvements thereof are made, and in default of the owner of
. such property in making any such connection and tappage the
Mayor and Council is hereby authorized to do the work at the

owner's expense, and collect the same by suit at law, and such