Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 325

LAUREL - PROVIDING FOR CONNECTION TO WATER AND SEWER MAINS

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF LAUREL TO PROVIDE BY ORDINANCE FOR THE CONNECTION OF PROPERTIES IN THE TOWN OF LAUREL WITH THE WATER AND SEWER MAINS OF THE TOWN, AND FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE COSTS, EXPENSES AND PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE, AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LIENS AGAINST SAID PROPERTIES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds of all the Members elected to each Branch thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Mayor and Council of Laurel is authorized and empowered by Ordinance duly enacted to compel the connection of properties in the Town of Laurel with the water and sewer mains of the Town; to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Ordinance by the imposition of costs and penalties for noncompliance; to sue for and collect from the owner of any property the cost and expense of making connection in case the owner shall refuse or neglect to have such connection made, and any penalty imposed; and to establish as a lien against the property the cost and expense incident to the work necessary to be done in making connection, together with any penalty imposed.

Approved June 5, 1951.