(a) The city council shall regulate, by ordinance, the terms, time, and manner, and the compensation which shall be paid by the private parties not building sewers under orders of the municipal board of health under this act, upon compliance with which the parties may tap the sewers of the municipality.(b) No person shall be allowed to tap any sewer without paying in proportion to the value of his property to be benefited by it, as compared with the value of the property taxed in the district and the actual cost of the sewer.Acts 1881, No. 84, § 18, p. 161; 1889, No. 18, § 4, p. 17; C. & M. Dig., § 7541; Pope's Dig., § 9616; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-4128.
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