The Council is hereby authorized to lay out, construct, maintain, and repair sewers and drains through and along streets and highways and through public and private grounds in said city, and in all such cases, except where sewers or drains are laid through private grounds, to assess the expense thereof, or such part thereof as said Council may deem reasonable, upon the property abutting upon the streets and highways through which such sewers or drains are laid and which may be benefited thereby, and in proportion to the benefits by such property received therefrom, subject to the same notice, manner of assessment, and appeal therefrom as is provided in §§
1-439 and
1-440, concerning highways. Whenever said Council shall propose a layout, or cause to be laid out, a drain or sewer in said city, wholly or in part through or across private lands, it shall proceed in the manner provided in §
1-439 in case of layout of highways, both as to the layout of such sewer or drain and the assessment of damages and benefits resulting therefrom. Any person aggrieved by any estimate of damages or benefits made under the provisions of this section may appeal to any Judge of the Superior Court as provided in §
1-440 of this act.
