PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1565

tacle of sewage; provided, however, that if the residence or
place of abode of said non-resident owner or owners be known,
or can be ascertained on reasonable inquiry, then, and in that
case, a copy of the aforesaid notice shall be mailed to said non-
resident or non-residents in the proper name at said place of res-
idence or abode, legal postage prepaid; thereafter, in case such
owner or owners shall fail or neglect to comply with the notice
aforesaid within thirty days after the last publication and the
date of the mailing of said written notice, when the same is re-
quired, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Town Council to
cause said connections and removals to be made, the cost
thereof, including the necessary expense of advertisement, to
be assessed as a tax against the real estate of said premises
and to be collected in the manner provided for the collection
of other taxes to be Levied under the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
payment of the bonds, and the coupons thereon, issued by virtue
of the premises hereof, the said Mayor and Town Council of
the Town of Kensington, shall have authority, and are hereby
authorized, empowered and directed so to do, to annually assess
and levy as a tax two-thirds of the annual cost of the redemp-
tion of the bonds issued hereunder, and the interest coupons
due on said issue, equally against the total number of front
feet of all land abutting upon the streets or public highways
containing said water and sewer mains, or either of said mains,
and which can be served by said main or mains, the owner or
owners of said abutting land being assessed in proportion to
the number of assessable front feet owned by him, her or them;
and the Mayor and Town Council shall anually assess and levy
as a tax the remaining one-third of the annual cost of the re-
demption of the bonds issued hereunder, and the interest
coupons due on said issue, against all the assessable property
of the Town of Kensington, as assessed on the tax roll of said
Town: Provided, that where corner property, under one, or
joint ownership, fronts or abuts upon two streets, or public
highways, containing water and sewer mains, or either of said
mains, and which said property requires but one service, the
abutting frontage shall be computed, for the purpose of the as-
sessment and levy hereunder, as one-half of the total number
of front feet bordering on both of said streets or public high-
ways; and the said assessments levied as a tax aforesaid, shall
be liens upon the property against which it is so levied.