1038 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 469

as may be deemed necessary. No connection of any kind shall
be made with any water main or sewer, constructed or main-
tained by the Mayor and Council, without a permit and under
such conditions as the Mayor and Council may authorize.
The Mayor and Council shall have the right of entry at reason-
able hours to all buildings and premises having any connection
with the water supply or sewerage system under its jurisdic-
tion, and may order and require such cianges in all water or
sewerage connections, or plumbing, as they may deem necessary
to eliminate improper use of water or sewers, or to correct de-
fective plumbing. No private water supply or sewerage in-
stallation shall be constructed in the town of Sykesville with-
out the person, firm or corporation doing the work having
first obtained a permit from the Mayor and Council and paid
a reasonable charge therefor, and such plants shall then be
installed, maintained and operated under such rules and regu-
lations as the Mayor and Council may require. Any violation
of any of the provisions of this Section shall be a misdemeanor
punishable under Section 16 of this Act.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose
of paying the interest and sinking fund on that part of the
bond issue covering the cost of water and sewer connections,
penses and proper depreciation allowance, said Mayor and Coun-
make such assessment for each of such connections as they
shall determine to be necessary, all of said assessments for
water connections shall be uniform, subject, however, to re-
vision annually by the Mayor and Council as costs and con-
ditions may require. Assessments for water and sewer con-
nections shall be payable annually for a period of years co-
extensive with the period of maturity of the bonds out of the
proceeds of which they were constructed; provided, however,
that the Mayor and Council shall establish a fixed uniform
charge for all water connections and a fixed uniform charge
for all sewer connections, fully sufficient to cover their cost and
changeable annually, which any property owner may elect to
pay in one sum, at the time the connection is extended to his
property line by the Mayor and Council, instead of said an-
nual payments for said connection as 'tbove provided; and
provided, further, that any property owner, at the time during
the life of a connection assessment, may extinguish the same
by payment of an amount in cash, which if put at interest
at 3!/2 per cent., compounded annually, would yield an an-
nuity equal to the annual connection assessment for the period