1570 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 908

ers. When any sewer is declared by said Commissioners
complete and ready for the reception of sewage, every
abutting property owner, after due notice, shall under the
supervision of the Commissioners, make connection of all
toilets and waste drains, except storm-water drains, with
said sewer within such reasonable time as may be pre-
scribed by said Commissioners. Where the aforesaid fix-
tures or drains do not exist, or are of a nature which in
the judgment of said Commissioners are improper or inade-
quate, satisfactory equipment or arrangements shall be
installed. All cesspools, drains and privies on properties
connected with a sewer shall under the direction of the
Commissioners be abandoned and left in such condition
that they cannot again be used or cannot affect the public
health. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall
be a misdemeanor, punishable as hereinafter provided.

35. For every sewer connection at the property line
with property owners' drains as provided, said Commis-
sioners shall make such charge as they shall determine to
be reasonable, which charge shall be uniform throughout
the Town of Aberdeen, subject, however, to revision an-
nually by the Commissioners. Said charge shall be paid
by all property owners at the office of the Commissioners
before the actual connection with any pipe or drains on pri-
vate property is made.

36. Said Commissioners may provide for all or any
part of the cost of construction, establishment, extension
or alteration of the sewerage and/or water system, by the
levy of a front foot assessment on all property abutting on
a street, road, alley or right-of-way in which a sewer
and/or water main is laid. Said Commissioners may pro-
vide for the extinguishment by property owners of annual
front foot benefit charges upon such terms as they may
deem wise, proper and equitable, provided any such ar-
rangement shall provide properly for the necessary pay-
ments on the outstanding bonds. The Commissioners may
classify properties and may change the front foot assess-
ment rates from year to year, as may become necessary,
but the rate for each year shall be uniform f or each class
of property so assessed within the Town. Said Commis-
sioners shall notify in writing all assessed property owners
as to the amount of their assessments, naming in said no-
tice a time and place when and where said owners will be
heard. The benefit charge assessed against any property
shall be final subject only to revision at said hearing. The
Commissioners, in the case of corner lots, irregular shaped
lots and shallow lots fronting on more than one street may