Sewer and Water Connections.

   Section 93.   The council shall have authority to compel the making of sewer and water connections whenever, in view of the contemplated street improvements or as a sanitary regulation, sewer or water connections should, in their judgment, be constructed. They shall cause written notice to their determination thereof to be given to the owner or agent of such owner of each lot or parcel of land to which such connections are to be made, which notice to the owner or agent of such owner of each lot or parcel of land to which such connections are to be made, shall state the number and character of connections required. Such notice shall be served by the director of finance and public record in the manner provided for the service of summons in civil actions. Non-residents of the city or persons who cannot be found, may be served by one publication of such notice in a newspaper of general circulation, in the city, which notice shall state the time within which such connections shall be constructed; and if they be not constructed within the said time, the work may be done by the city and the cost thereof, together with a penalty of five (5%) per cent assessed against the lots and lands for which such connections are made. Said assessments shall be certified and collected as other assessments for street improvements.