1040 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 469

above specified shall be sent quarterly or semi-annually, as
the Mayor and Council shall determine, to each property
served, and shall be thereupon payable at the office of the
Mayor and Council; and if any bill shall remain unpaid after
thirty days from date of sending, the Mayor and Council
shall, after written notice, to be left upon the premises or mail-
ed to the last known address of the owner, turn off the water
from the property in question and it shall not be turned on
again until said bill shall have been paid, together with such
turn-on charge as the Mayor and Council shall require. If any
bill shall remain unpaid for sixty days after being sent out by
the Mayor and Council, it shall be collectable against the
owner of the property served, in the same manner as other
public debts are collectable in the town of Sykesville.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Council may enter upon any county highway within
the corporate limits of the town of Sykesville for the purpose
of installing, maintaining and operating their water and sew-
erage systems, and they may construct in such highway a
water main or sewer or any appurtenance thereof without the
receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge; provided that
whenever any county highway is to be disturbed the
public authority having control thereof shall be duly notified,
and provided further that said highway shall be repaired and
left by the Mayor and Council in the same or a not inferior
condition to that existing before being torn up, and that all
costs incident thereto shall be borne by the Mayor and Council.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That any employee or
agent of the Mayor and Council shall have the right of entry,
at all reasonable hours, upon any private premises and into
any building in the town of Sykesville, while in the pursuit of
his official duties, any restraint or hindrance offered to such
entrance by any owner or tenant or agent of said owner or
tenant, shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 16
of this Act.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That all individuals,
firms and corporations having buildings, conduits, pipes,
tracks, or other physical obstructions in, over or under the
public roads, streets or alleys of the town of Sykesville, which
shall block or impede the progress of the town's water or sew-
erage system, while in process of construction, shall upon
reasonable notice from the Mayor and Council, promptly so