1482 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 593

the proceeds of the sale of said bonds. In order that the
prompt payment of interest and the proper provision for the
payment of the principal of said bonds shall be assured, the
prompt and proper performance of the respective acts and
duties heretofore defined is specifically enjoined, and failure
upon the part of any person, persons, body corporate or agent
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 theerof 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 punish-
able, by Section 15 of this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever the plans
and specifications for said sewerage systems for said town shall
have been completed and said Commissioners of Delmar shall
have decided, after opportunity for a hearing has been given, to
proceed with the construction, they shall advertise, by notice in
such newspapers and technical press as they may deem proper,
for bids for the construction of said system, in parts or as a
whole, as in their judgment may appear advisable. The con-
tract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or the Com-
missioners of Delmar may reject any or all bids and, if in their
discretion the prices quoted are unreasonable, they may read-
vertise the work or any part of it, or may do any part or all
of the work by day labor; provided that at any time the Com-
missioners of Delmar may, in their discretion, expend by day
labor for construction work an amount not exceeding $1, 000
without advertising or receiving bids. All such contracts may
be protected by such bonds, penalties and conditions as the
Commissioners of Delmar shall require, all of which shall be
enforceable in any court having jurisdiction.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners
of Delmar for the purpose of assessing benefits for the con-
struction of said sewerage system, shall divide all property
binding upon a street, lane, alley or right-of-way, in which a
sanitary sewer is to be laid, into classes. Immediately upon
the commencement of the sewerage project, the Commissioners
of Delmar are empowered and directed to fix and levy a benefit
charge upon all property abutting upon said sewer, in accord-
ance with the classification, and shall in writing notify all
owners of said properties into which class their respective
properties fall and the charge determined upon, naming also
in said notice a time and place when and at which said owners