502 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 21G

proper performance of the respective acts and duties heretofore
denned is specifically enjoined, and failure upon the part of the
Mayor and Council or any of their agents to perform the neces-
sary 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 misdemeanor and
punishable as other misdemeanors are punishable 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 proceed 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 in 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 discretion, expend for day labor on
construction work an amount not exceeding $2, 000 without ad-
vertising 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 hav-
ing 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: sub-division, 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 accord-
ance with the classification, and shall in writing notify all
owners of said properties into which class their respective prop-
erties fall and the assessment determined upon, naming also in
said notice a time and place when and at which said owners