1876                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 739

its operation or ownership. The charge for the construction and
upkeep of the drainage system and the water and sewer system,
if any, shall be made upon such reasonable basis as the county may
determine and shall be collected annually in the same manner as are
front foot benefit assessments against all property benefited by such
drainage system or having a connection within a water main or
sewer under the operation or ownership of the county and shall be
a lien against such property. Such charges shall be based upon such
classifications as the county from time to time may establish and
shall be uniform throughout each sanitary system within each such
classification; provided, however, that no charge for the upkeep
of water and sewer systems shall be made against any property in
any year for which such property is currently subject to a front
foot benefit assessment as elsewhere in this subtitle provided.

19-31. Charges, due dates, collection, interest.
19-21.

Front foot benefit assessments, water and sewer system upkeep
charges, connection charges, drainage charges and other charges
which the county is empowered to make PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE shall be liens upon the
property served or benefited and, in addition to being enforced by
actions at law, may be enforced by a bill in equity against the
property so served or benefited. The Hens shall be subject only to
liens for state and county taxes. Such charges shall be due when
made and after sixty (60) days from that date shall bear interest
at the rate of one-half per centum (1/2%) per month. Neither the
due dates nor the interval between such dates need be uniform
throughout the sanitary district SANITARY DISTRICT.

BONDS

10-32. Authorized; competitive bidding; notice of sale.
19-22.

(a)    Issue—For the purpose of providing funds for meeting the
expenses of the county and for designing and construction, purchase
or acquisition THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, ESTABLISH-
MENT, PURCHASE, ACQUISITION OR CONDEMNATION of
the water supply, sewerage and drainage systems provided for by
this article, the county SUBTITLE, THE COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS OF CECIL COUNTY shall from time to time, as it
deems necessary, issue bonds upon the full faith and credit of the
county. The county may pay the interest on any bonds it issues out
of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, but not more than one year's
interest may be so expended.

(b)    Procedure—Except as hereinafter provided the county shall
offer such bonds only by solicitation of competitive bids therefor

at public sale, which offering, except as herein otherwise provided,

WHICH OFFERING shall be made in accordance with the provision
PROVISIONS of Section 10 SECTIONS 9 THROUGH 11 of Article 31
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1957 (1971 REPL. VOL.). The
county shall, by ordinance or resolution, fix the terms and conditions
of the public sale or sales of such bonds and such ordinance or resolu-
tion shall adopt suitable forms of notice of such sale or sales which