(a) The Governor shall, within 60 days after June 11, 1959, declare by proclamation an area within each of the city limits of the Virgin Islands, in which all buildings occupied for habitation, commercial purposes, or as a place of private or public assembly, shall be connected to the public sewer system within one year from the date of the said proclamation, in full compliance with the provision of section 1523 of this title. Thereafter, such declarations of additional areas shall be made annually or oftener until all pit privies, privy vaults, cesspools, and nightsoil cans shall have been eliminated from all city and town limits within the Virgin Islands.
(b) If the owner of a building occupied for habitation, commercial purposes or as a place of private or public assembly, located within the area fixed by proclamation of the Governor for the elimination of the nightsoil removal system pursuant to this section, fails to provide the necessary sanitary facilities and/or to connect them to the public sewer system within six months of the date he is notified so to do by the Waste Management Authority, the Governor may direct the Waste Management Authority to install the necessary facilities and do all other necessary work incident thereto, and the cost thereof shall be paid by the owner. If the owner fails to pay the cost thereof, the Virgin Islands Government shall have and is hereby granted a lien on such property with simple interest at 4 per centum per annum. Such lien may be foreclosed after the expiration of a period of five years.
(c) Upon application by a property owner, showing to the satisfaction of the Waste Management Authority that it is difficult or impossible for him to make arrangements through private contractors or other private parties to provide the necessary sanitary facilities and perform other work incident thereto within the time limit set by the proclamation of the Governor pursuant to this section, the Governor may direct the Waste Management Authority to undertake the required work, the cost thereof to be paid by the owner. If the owner fails to pay the cost thereof, the Virgin Islands Government shall have and is hereby granted a lien on such property with simple interest at 4 per cent per annum. Such lien may be foreclosed after the expiration of a period of five years.
(d) For mandatory connections to the public sewer system as required by this section, the Governor shall require the Waste Management Authority to install the water and sewer lines from the property to the nearest public lines at flat fee to be fixed by the Governor.