1874                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 739

(h) (G) Liens. The annual benefit assessment 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 con-
trary notwithstanding, subject only to prior state and county taxes,
and if any property be TAXES. IF ANY PROPERTY ON WHICH
THERE IS SUCH A LIEN IS sold for state and/or county taxes or
both by the treasurer of said county; and if after sale there is a sur-
plus after all costs and expenses incident to such sale shall have been
paid, then the county upon proper petition 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 sanitary district abut-

ting upon any water or sewer main, THE SANITARY DISTRICT,
the county 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 Cecil 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 recorded in said public
record, THE LAND RECORDS, shall be legal notice of all existing
liens within any sanitary district THE SANITARY DISTRICT. If
any liens, benefit assessments 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 defendants 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 county
may sue, or file a bill in equity to enforce such 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. If any liens, benefit assess-
ments or other charges shall be not paid within any fiscal year, the
county treasurer shall, upon certification of the county that said
lien, benefit assessment or other charge is unpaid, sell such property
of the delinquent taxpayer at the same time and in the same manner
as other properties at a tax sale.

The certification of the county shall be made to the tax collector
at least ninety (90) days before tax sale and shall be in such form
and shall contain such information as the tax collector may require.
The manner and procedure relative to such sales by the collector of
taxes shall in all respects conform to the procedures relating to tax
sales set forth in the Annotated Code PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS
of Maryland as they may from time to time appear.

19-29. Connection Charges.
19-19.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subtitle
the county may make a charge for every drainage, sewer and water
connection. The funds derived from such charges may be used for
payment of principal and interest on bonds, accumulating funds for
capital improvements, for acquisition and construction of water,