2300                               Municipal Charters

Any restraint or hindrance offered to such entry by any owner, tenant,
or person m possession, or the agent of any of them, may by ordinance,
be made a misdemeanor.

71. (Pollution of Water Supply.) No person shall do anything which
will discolor pollute, or tend to pollute any water used or to be used
in the Town water supply system. Any violation of the provisions of
this section shall be a misdemeanor.

72.    (Contracts for Water.) The Town, if it deems it advisable,
may contract with any party or parties, inside or outside the town, to
obtain water or to provide for the removal of sewage.

73.    (Charges.) The Town shall have the power to charge and col-
lect such service rates, water rents, ready-to-serve charges, or other charges
as it deems necessary for water supplied and for the removal of sewage.
These charges are to be billed and collected by the Clerk-Treasurer, and
if bills are unpaid within thirty days, the service may be discontinued.
All charges shall be a lien on the property, collectible in the same manner
as Town taxes or by suit at law.

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

74.    (Power Special Assessments.) The Town shall have the power
to levy and collect taxes in the form of special assessments upon property
in a limited and determinate area for special benefits conferred upon
such property by the installation, or construction, of water mains, sanitary
sewer main, storm water sewers, curbs, and gutters and by the con-
struction, and paving of public ways and sidewalks or parts thereof, and
to provide for the payment of all or any part of the above projects out
of the proceeds of such special assessment. The cost of any project to
be paid in whole or in part by special assessments may include the
direct cost thereof, the cost of any land acquired for the project, the
interest on bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in
anticipation of the collection of special assessments, a reasonable charge
tor the services of the administrative staff of the Town, and any other
item of cost which may reasonably be attributed to the project.

75.    (Procedure.) (a) The procedure for special assessments,
wherever authorized in this Charter, shall be as follows.

(b)    The cost of the project being charged for shall be assessed
according to the front foot rule of apportionment or some other equitable
basis determined by the Commission.

(c)    The amount assessed against any property for any project or
improvement shall not exceed the value of the benefits accruing to the
property.

(d)    When desirable, the affected property may be divided into differ-
ent classes to be charged different rates, but, except for this, any rate
shall be uniform.

(e)    All special assessment charges shall be levied by the Commis-
sion by ordinance. Before levying any special assessment charges, the
Commission shall hold a public hearing. The Clerk-Treasurer shall cause
notice to be given stating the nature and extent of the proposed project
the kind of materials to be used, the estimated cost of the project, the
portion of the cost to be assessed, the number of installments in which
the assessment may be paid, the method to be used in apportioning the