1034 LAWS or MARYLAND. [CH. 469

proper performance of the respective acts and duties hereto-
fore denned is specifically enjoined, and failure upon the part
of the Mayor and Council or any of their agents to perform
the necessary acts and duties hereafter set forth, to pay over
the said funds as required, or to use said funds or any part
thereof, for any other purpose than for the payment of the
principal and interest on said bonds, is hereby declared a mis-
demeanor and punishable as other misdemeanors are punish-
able by Section 16 of this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That when this Act
shall have become effective the Mayor and Council shall pro-
ceed to have surveys, plans and specifications, prepared for
complete water and sewerage systems. When said plans and
specifications have been completed, the Mayor and Council
shall advertise, by notice in such newspapers and technical
press as they may deem proper, for bids for the construction
of said systems in parts or as a whole, as their judgment
may appear advisable. The contract or contracts shall be let
to the lowest responsible bidder, or the Mayor and Council
may reject any or all bids, and, if in their discretion the
prices quoted are unreasonable, they shall readvertise the work,
or may do any part or all of the work by day labor; provided
that at any time the Mayor and Council may, in their dis-
cretion, expend for day labor on construction work an amount
not exceeding $2,000 without advertising or receiving bids.
All contracts may be protected by such bonds, penalties and
conditions as the Mayor and Council shall require, all of
which shall be enforceable in any court having jurisdiction.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Council shall assess benefits for such part of the cost of con-
struction of said water supply and sewerage systems as they
may deem proper, and for this purpose shall divide all prop-
erties binding upon a street, lane, alley or right-of-way, in
which a water pipe or sewer is to be laid, into four classes,
namely: subdivision, industrial or business, small acreage, and
agricultural. Immediately upon the commencement of the
water supply or the sewerage project, the Mayor and Council
are empowered and directed to fix and levy an assessment
upon all property abutting upon said water main or sewer
in accordance with the classification, and shall in writing noti-
fy all owners of said properties into which class their respec-
tive properties fall and the assessment determined upon, nam-