Sec. 1. P&SL 1947, c. 60, §19-A, as enacted by P&SL 1949, c. 50, §6, is amended to read:

Sec. 19-A. Liens for payment of rates. There shall be is a lien to secure the payment of rates established under section 19 of this act and legally assessed on real estate within the district, which shall take that takes precedence of all other claims on such real estate, excepting only claims for taxes. Real estate, for the purpose of this act shall bear the same definition as given in section 3 of chapter 81 of the revised statutes.

The treasurer of the district shall have has the authority and power to collect the rates, and all rates shall must be committed to him the treasurer.

In addition to other methods previously established by law for the collection of the rates, the lien herein created may be enforced in the following manner, provided, however, that as long as in making the assessment there shall be is a description of the real estate served by the several sewers of the district, sufficiently accurate to identify the real estate against which any of the several rates may be charged; the treasurer, when a rate has been committed to him the treasurer for collection, may, after the expiration of 8 months and within 1 year after commitment to him the treasurer of the rate, in the case of a person resident in the town where the rate is assessed give to the person against whom the rate is assessed, or leave at his the person's last and usual place of abode, or send by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person's last known address, a notice in writing signed by the officer stating the amount of such rate, describing the real estate on which the rate is assessed, alleging that a lien is claimed on the real estate to secure the payment of the rate and demanding the payment of the rate within 10 days after the service of such notice. After the expiration of the 10 days and within 10 days thereafter, in the case of a resident, and in all other cases within a year from the date of commitment of the rate to said officer, the officer shall record in the registry of deeds of Cumberland county County a certificate signed by the officer setting forth the amount of such rate, a description of the real estate on which the rate is assessed, and an allegation that a lien is claimed on the real estate to secure the payment of the rate, that a demand for payment of the rate has been made in accordance with the provisions of this act and that the rate remains unpaid. In all cases, except in the case of a resident, the certificate so filed need not contain the allegation that payment of the rate has been demanded. At the time of the recording of the certificate in the registry of deeds as herein provided in this section, in all cases such the officer shall file in the office of the district a