1738 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 991

and if any property be sold for State or County taxes, or both,
by the Treasurer of said County, and if after sale there be a
surplus after all costs and expenses incident to such sale shall
have been paid; then the said Commission upon proper peti-
tion to the Circuit Court for said County shall be allowed
any balance from said surplus, and shall be a preferred lienor
to the extent of its lien, and for the purpose of giving notice
to the general public as to existing liens and charges against
any property within any sub-district abutting upon any water
or sewer main, the said Commission shall keep a public record
of all names of owners of property, locations of said property,
lot numbers when of record, and the amount of such benefit
charges, water service charges or such other charges that may
become liens from time to time. Said records shall be kept in
the county seat of government and among the land records of
Howard County, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said
County shall furnish such space as may be necessary to keep
and preserve such records, which, when published, in said
public record, shall be legal notice of all existing liens within
any sub-district. If any liens, benefit assessments or other
charges remain unpaid for sixty days after becoming due,
they may be collected by an action of assumpsit or by a bill in
equity to enforce such liens, and any judgment or decree
obtained, where the Defendants have been served by summons
or subpoena, or in any other manner provided by law, shall
have the force and effect of a judgment in personam; and the
Commission may sue, or file a bill in equity to enforce said
liens against the owner of record at the time said levy was
made, or the owner of record at the time said suit is filed or
any owner of record between said dates, and publication
thereon shall be notice to all persons having any interest in
said property.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Commission
shall, provide for each and every property abutting upon a
street or right-of-way in which under this Act a water main or
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
connection with sewer shall be constructed by and at the sole
expense of the Commission, but subject to a reasonable charge
for said connection as provided in Section 11 of this sub-title,
which said charge shall be paid by all property owners at the
office of the Commission before the actual connection with any
pipe or private property is made. When any water or sewer is
declared by said Commission complete and ready for the de-
livery of water or the reception of sewage, every abutting prop-
erty owner, after due notice, shall make a connection of all