672 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 269

main, provided the Commissioners of Betterton shall first
determine the classification of said property, and a sewer-
age rental charge to be paid by said property owner as
though his property abutted on said sewer main, and in
event of such connection being made, said sewerage rental
charge shall in every respect stand in the same position
as if said property abutted on said sewer main. The annual
sewerage rental charges as above specified shall be a first
lien upon the property against which they are assessed,
subject only to prior State, County and Municipal charges,
and shall be enforced by a judgment upon the complaint
of the Commissioners of Betterton before any Justice of
Peace, or Circuit Court for Kent County, and usual execu-
tion thereon. No such annual sewerage rental charge shall
continue as a lien for a period longer than two years from
the date from which the same became in default, unless it
is reduced to a judgment and duly recorded among the
records of the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Kent County. Said annual sewerage rental charge shall
be payable at the office of the Commissioners of Betterton
immediately upon being levied, and shall be in default
after sixty days from that date; and said levy, and any
judgment obtained as a result of the default of the pay-
ment thereof, shall bear interest at the rate of one per
centum a month from and after the time said levy is in
default.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Com-
missioners of Betterton shall provide for each and every
property abutting upon a street or right-of-way, in which
under this Act, a sewer main is laid, a sewer connection
which shall be extended as required, from the sewer main
to the property line of the abutting lot, said connection to
be constructed by and at the sole expense of the Commis-
sioners of Betterton. When any sewer main is declared by
the said Commissioners of Betterton to be complete and
ready for the delivery of sewage, every abutting property
owner, after due notice, shall make such connection as to
discharge all of the sewage from said property into said
main, within a time prescribed by the said Commissioners
of Betterton. Where appropriate fixtures do not exist, or
are of a nature which, in the judgment of the Commis-
sioners of Betterton, are unsatisfactory, improper, or in-
adequate, satisfactory equipment shall be installed. All
cesspools and septic tanks shall be abandoned and closed.
Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a
misdemeanor, punishable as hereinafter provided.