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<br />. <br /> <br />4It <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-10- <br />shall execute an instrument granti~g to the City a lien against the <br />property to be connected to secure to the City the payment of the <br />required connection cha~ges when such cha~ges are to be paid in <br />installments. This section' shall not apply to those property <br />owners who pay such cha~ges in cash at the time of making <br />application'and contract for service. Such instrument shall be <br />s~gned and acknowle~ged by the property owner:. and shall contain <br />a legal descriptionof'the property to be connected. In the <br />event the property involved is homestead~ the instrument granting <br />the lien shall be s~gned by the husband and wife record owners, <br />and acknowledged by each of them in the manner prescribed by law. <br />All such instruments shall be recorded in the Mechanic's and <br />Materialmen's Lien Records of the County Clerk of the county wherein <br />the property described is located. In the case of homestead <br />property, the instrument shall be executed and acknowledged before <br />the construction of the line to provide service to their property <br />is commenced or tpe connection is made. <br />Section 7., Release of lien <br />The City Clerk is hereby authorized to execute releases <br />on b~half of the City of La Porte of any and all liens created <br />under the provisions of the for~going sections. The City Clerk <br />shall have no right to exercise the authority herein granted unless <br />and until he has satisfied himself that the debt or portion thereof <br />secured by the lien and for which a release is requested has been <br />paid in full to the City, and any such lien shall be released only <br />insofar as it affects the property for which the debt secured thereby <br />has been paid in full. <br />Section 8. Billing for payments of connection charges.". <br />Billing for payments of connection charges will be by <br />the department. Delinquency will be dealt with in the same manner <br /> <br /> as fpr delinquency in payment of water service, by cutting off water <br />. service to force payment of delinquent accounts. All payments will <br />be made to the same offices collecting water service charges. <br />