1040 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

heard; and to make by-laws and pass ordinances compelling
by fines or otherwise the owners or proprietors of any lot abut-
ting on any public street or highway to grade, pave, repave,
curb or improve the sidewalk in front thereof; and to make
by-laws and pass ordinances for purchasing or condemning as
hereinafter provided any property for the purpose of laying
out, opening, extending and making any new streets or alleys,
and for the purpose of altering, straightening, widening, grad-
ing, improving or closing up, in whole or in part, any existing
street or alley, and for the removal of trees, posts and other
obstructions, and for laying out public squares and water-
courses ; and shall have power to lay out, open, extend and make
new streets or alleys, and alter, straighten, widen, grade, im-
prove, close up, in whole or in part, any existing street or alley,
and to remove trees, posts and other obstructions, and to lay
out public squares and watercourses, and to maintain the same;
and the laying out, opening, extending, or making of any new
street or alley, and the altering, straightening, widening, grad-
ing, improving or closing up, in whole or in part, of any exist-
ing street or alley, and the removal of trees, posts and other
obstructions, and the laying out of public squares and water-
courses, and the making, grading, paving, repaving, curbing and
guttering of streets and sidewalks shall be considered as public
improvements within the meaning of Section 158-R of this Act.

158-H. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and Council of
Salisbury shall have power to provide by ordinance for con-
structing, opening, enlarging, regulating, paving, repairing and
maintaining any sewer, drain or gutter; and shall have power
to purchase or condemn as hereinafter provided any property
for the purpose of laying, building, opening, enlarging, regulat-
ing, or straightening any sewer, drain, or gutter: and shall have
power to build, lay or construct any sewer, drain or gutter at
the cost and expense of the owners of property benefited
thereby, provided at least ten days' notice be given to owners of
property by publication in some newspaper published in the
City of Salisbury of the making of such assessment and of the
time and place where objections thereto will be heard, and any
assessment so made shall be a lien upon the assessed property
and shall be collectible as taxes are colected or by action at law;
and shall have power to regulate by ordinance the charge for
entering such sewer, drain or gutter, to compel connections
with sewers by property owners; and shall have power to pro-
vide by ordinance for the inspection and regulation of house
drainage and sewer connections and to prescribe the kind of