598                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 436

SEWER SERVICES MUST BE PAID IN THE OFFICE OF THE
METROPOLITAN COMMISSION.

(h) If any liens, benefit assessments, water or other charges
remain unpaid for sixty (60) 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 de-
fendants have been served by 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.

(i) Said benefit charge ASSESSMENTS, WATER, SEWER OR
OTHER CHARGES shall be payable at the office of the Commission
immediately upon being levied, and shall be overdue and in default
after sixty (60) days from that day, at which time the Commis-
sion may proceed to enforce payment thereof; and the said bene-
fit charge and any judgment or decree obtained as a result of default
in payment thereof shall bear interest at the rate of one-half of one
percentum (½%) per month from and after the time said benefit
assessment or other charges are in default.

Section 413.

The Commission shall provide for each and every property abut-
ting upon a street or right-of-way in which under this sub-title a
water main or sewer is laid, a water service pipe or sewer connec-
tion, 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 con-
nection as provided in Section 415 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 main or sewer is declared by said Commis-
sion complete and ready for the delivery of water or the reception
of sewage, every abutting property owner, after due notice, shall
make a connection of all spigots or hydrants, toilets and waste drains
with said water main or sewer within the time prescribed by the
Commission. Where the aforesaid fixtures do not exist, or are of a
nature which, in the judgment of the Commission, is improper or
inadequate, satisfactory equipment shall be installed by the owner
on the premises consisting of at least one water closet and one sink
or washbasin, both of which shall be properly connected with the
sewer of said Metropolitan Commission. All private water systems
discharging waste water into the Commission sewage systems, cess-
pools, sink drains and privies located on properties connected to
sewers provided by the Commission shall be abandoned, closed and
left in a sanitary condition so that no odor or nuisance shall arise
therefrom. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a
misdemeanor punishable under Section 425 of this sub-title.

Section 415.

The Commission shall make such charge as it shall determine to
be reasonable, for every water and sewer connection as provided