1292 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 641

the case of corner lots, irregular shaped lots and shallow lots
fronting on more than one street, and also in the case of small
acreage and agricultural property may determine upon such
lengths of frontage for assessment as they deem reasonable
and fair. Front foot assessment charges, as above specified
shall be a first lien on property against which they are assessed,
subject only to prior State and County charges and upon com-
plaint of the municipal authorities before any Justice of the
Peace or the Circuit Court for the County in which said land
is situated shall be enforced by a judgment and usual execution
thereon. Said benefit charges shall be in default after sixty
days from the date of levy and said levy shall bear interest at
the rate of one (1) per cent, a month from and after the time
said levy is in default.

348-F. Said municipal authorities shall provide for each and
every property abutting upon a street or right-of-way in which
under this Act a water main or sanitary sewer is laid, a water
service pipe or sewer connection which shall be extended, as;
required, from the water main or sewer to the property line of
the abutting lot, said service., pipe or sewer connection to be
constructed by and at the sole expense of said authorities. When
any water main or sewer is declared by said authorities com-
plete and ready for the delivery of water or the reception of
sewage, every abutting property owner, after due notice, shall
make connection of all spigots or hydrants, toilets and waste
drains, with said water main or sewer within such reasonable
time as may be prescribed by said authorities. Where the
aforesaid drains or fixtures do not exist, or are of a nature which
in the judgment of said authorities are improper or inadequate,
satisfactory equipment or arrangements shall be installed. All
cess pools, drains and privies on properties connected with a
sewer shall be abandoned and left in such way that they cannot
again be used or injuriously affect the public health, said disposi-
tion to be determined by said authorities; and all wells that
are found by said authorities to be polluted or a menace to
health shall likewise be abandoned and closed. Any violation
of the provisions of this Section shall be a misdemeanor, punish-
able under Section 348-0.

348-G. ' For the purpose of providing funds for maintaining,,
repairing and operating water supply, sewerage, drainage and
refuse disposal systems constructed under the provisions of
this Act, including overhead expense and proper depreciation
allowance, municipal authorities shall have full power and
authority to make such service rates as they may deem necessary,
chargeable against all properties served by a water main, sewer,
drain or refuse disposal system under their ownership. Service