1836                             Laws of Maryland                        Ch. 655

in payment shall bear interest at the rate of one half of one per
centum (½%) per month from and after the time said benefit as-
sessment or other charges are in default. The annual benefit as-
sessment or other charges as above specified shall be a first lien upon
the property against which they are assessed until paid, any statute
of limitations to the contrary notwithstanding, subject only to
prior State and county taxes, and if any property be sold for State
and/or county taxes or both by the Treasurer of said county; and if
after sale there is a surplus after all costs and expenses incident to
such sale shall have been paid, then the said Commission upon proper
petition to the Circuit Court for said county shall be allowed any
balance from said surplus, and shall be preferred lienor to the ex-
tent of its lien; and for the purpose of giving notice to the general
public as to existing liens and charges against any property with-
in any sanitary 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 St. Mary's 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 re-
corded in said public record, shall be legal notice of all existing
liens within any sanitary district. If any liens, benefit assessments
or other charges remain unpaid for sixty (60) days after becoming
overdue 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 subpoena, or in any other
manner provided by law, shall have the force and effect of a judg-
ment 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.

165. Connections required.

The Commission shall provide for each and every property abut-
ting upon a street or right-of-way in which under this subtitle a wa-
ter 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 connec-
tion with sewer shall be constructed either by and at the sole expense
of the Commission, but subject to reasonable charge for said connec-
tion as provided in Section 167 of this subtitle, 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 or by the property owner under such reasonable conditions and
charges as are deemed appropriate by the Commission, the method
of construction and payment to be determined by the Commission.
When any water main or sewer is declared by said Commission com-
plete and ready for the delivery of water or the reception of sewage,
every abutting property owner, after due notice, shall make a con-
nection of all spigots or hydrants, toilets and waste drains with said
water main or sewer within the time prescribed by the Commission.