The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

with the town clerk, and notice given as hereinbefore provided, appeal from such order or appraisal of damages or assessments of benefits or both to the court of common pleas of the county of Fairfield Such appeal shall
 De by petition in writing, setting forth the whole of such order of the apprai- sal Or assessment appealed from with the appellants prayer for relief with 8 citation attached thereto sisned by any authority authorized to sign writs and returnabIe before said court at the same time and served and retprn- ca in the same manner as required in case or summons in a civil action re- turnab1e before said court. Service Of such citation shall be upon the town clerk.
 Sec. IT. Said court may, bv com mlttee or otherwise review and re- Voke' modify, or affirm such order and
 may confirm such appraisal or assess ment, reappraise such damages, or re- assess such benefits or make such or oer In the premises as equity may re- Qu1re and may allow costs to either or neither party at it's discretion and said court in consideration of such appeal may inquire into the validity or all proceedings upon which the action appealed fFom is based.
 Sec.18. The board of seIectrnen IS hereby authorized to cause to be pre- pared, and to adopt, a proper plan Tor the disposal of the sewage arising in said town, and to lay out, build construct, maintain, and repair sew CTS and drains and all necessary ap- purtenances thereof. through and along the streets and highways and in public and private grounds, in said town, and to assess the expense or such part thereof as said board shall deem reasonable, upon the property abutttng upon such streets and high ways through which such sewers are laid, and which may be in any way benefited Or improved thereby, sub Ject to the same notice, and manner Of assessment and appeal therefrom as Is provided in sections fifteen, six teen, and seventeen of this act
 Sec. 19- Whenever said board of se- 1ectmen shall lay out or cause to be laid out, a drain or common sewer in said town it shall give notice thereof, by publication in some newspaper pub lshed or having a circulation in said town, at least two weeks before any contracts for the construction of such drain or sewer are awarded No per- son shall construct any drain or sewer upon or from any premises in said town, or use or permit any sewer or drain to be used, without a permit from the board of se1ectmen; and any person constructing such sewer or drain, or using or permitting the
 
 shall pay to said town fine of seven dollars for such construction, and a fine of five dollars for each day that such drain or sewer is used or per- mitted to be used, without such per- mit after due notice has been given to discontinue such use or permfs- sion.
 Sec. 20. All assessments of benefits made under this act shall be 8 lien upon the property specially benefited by the public work or improvement on account of which such assessments were made, both the whole amount Of assessments for benefits by reason of any such work or Improvements shall in no case exceed the cost thers- of, including damages payable; and such liens, and liens for the expense Of laying any sidewalk, curb, or gut ter by said town, or for cleaning any sidewalk, or for sprinkling any street, shall take precedence of all other liens or cumbrances on the property whereon the same are imposed and may be forec1osed in the same man ner as though such liens were mort gages on such property, in favor of said town, to secure the amount of such assessment or expense provided, no lien shall continue to exist for more than sixty days after such as- sessment shall become papab1e or such expense shall have been incurred, IS the case may be, unless within said period a certificate describing the or expense, and the purpose for which the assessment was made or expense incurred, shall be signed by the se- lectrnen and lodged with the town clerk to be by him recorded in a book kept for that purpose; but after the filing of such certificate such lien shall continue until the amount there of, with interest, recording fees, and a fee Of one dollar for drafting the certificate, shall be paid to said town.
 Sec. 21. In case any land in front of which any sidewalk, curb, Or gutter is ordered, or against which an as- sessnent of benefits for any public work is to be made, be owned or held by two or more persons jointly, or two or more persons having different estates therein, the board of select men may apportion between such per- sons, the amount of such ass sessm ent or the expense of carrying out such order.
 Sec. 22. All candidates for the town offices of selectnen, board of finance and judge of probate, elected by bal lot, shall be nominated in the manner hereinafter provided. On or before the first day of September, 1913, and annually thereafter as to the nonina- tton of eelectmen and board of fin ance and on or before the first day If September 1914, and biennially there after as to the judge of probate, a call for a primary election shall be published by the se1ectmen in a news paper or newspapers having a circu- lation in said town. Said call shall state the offices to be filled at the next succeeding town election and the time and places for holding the prima- ry election of selectmen board of f. nance and judge of probate as provid- ed for in this act and shall notify the electors of said town to present the names of such candidates for any of the above named offices, to be filled at the next succeeding. general eIec- ton, as they desire in accordance with the provisions hereof. Any elector may propose any e1ector of said town as a candidate for any of the above named town offices to be voted for at the next succeeding town election by a written statement of the name and post office address of such candi- date and of the office for which he Is endorsed and subscribed by at least twenty-five electors of said