2654                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 781

thereof, and shall in writing notify all owners of the
properties into which class or subdivision their
respective properties fall and the charge determined
upon, naming also in the notice a time and place, when
and at which time the owner will be heard. This notice
[may] SHALL be mailed BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL,
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, to the last known address of
the owner, or served in person upon any adult occupying
the premises or in case of a vacant or unimproved
property posted upon the premises.

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For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this subtitle the county BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION may
make a charge for every drainage, sewer and water
connection. The funds derived from these charges may be
used for payment of principal and interest on bonds,
accumulating funds for capital improvements, for
acquisition and construction of water, and drainage sewer
systems and the operation and maintenance thereof and for
the purchase of equipment and supplies necessary to the
operation of the county. Connection charges shall be
established from time to time by the county. Such
charges may be based upon whatever reasonable
classifications as the county may determine and whatever
classifications may vary within any water, sewerage and
drainage system and among any such systems depending on
any special circumstances which the county finds exists.
The charges herein provided shall not be limited to the
costs to the county for making such connections. The
county is empowered to determine the manner in which
these charges shall be payable.

The county may BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION prescribe
all needful rules and regulations for the administration
and enforcement of this subtitle. In addition to its own
power to adopt appropriate rules and regulations, the
county may adopt and enforce regulations of the State
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene or the Queen
Anne's County Health Officer fixing standards of
construction for sanitary facilities or installations.
Prior to the adoption of any such rules and regulations
other than those of the State Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene or the Queen Anne's County Health Officer
the county shall give public notice of the rules and
regulations which it proposes to adopt by publishing the
same in at least two newspapers of general circulation
published in Queen Anne's County at least twice not less
than fifteen (15) days prior to a public hearing, the
date, time and place of which shall be specified in such
notice.

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