CARROLL COUNTY. 1889

whole, as in their judgment may appear advisable. The contract shall
be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or the Mayor and Common Coun-
cil of Union Bridge may reject any or all bids and, if in their discretion
the prices quoted are unreasonable, they may readvertise the work or
any part of it, or may do any part or all of the work by lay labor; pro-
vided that at any time the Mayor and Common Council of Union Bridge
may, in their discretion, expend by day labor for construction work an
amount not exceeding $1,000 without advertising or receiving bids. All
such contracts may be protected by such bonds, penalties and conditions
as the Mayor and Common Council of Union Bridge shall require, all of
which shall be enforceable in any court having jurisdiction.

1920, ch. 158, sec. 6.

494. The Mayor and Common Council of Union Bridge, for the pur-
pose of assessing benefits for the construction of said sewerage system,
shall divide all properties binding upon a street, lane, alley or right of
way, in which a sanitary sewer is to be laid, into four classes, namely:
Agricultural, small acreage, industrial or business, and subdivision prop-
erty. Immediately upon the commencement of the sewerage project the
Mayor and Common Council of Union Bridge are empowered and directed
to fix and levy a benefit charge upon all property abutting upon said sewer,
in accordance with the classification, and shall in writing notify all own-
ers of said properties into which class their respective properties fall and
the charge determined upon, naming also in said notice a time and place
when and at which said owners will be heard. Such notice may be mailed
to the last known address of the owner, or served in person upon any
adult occupying the premises, or in the case of vacant or unimproved prop-
erty, posted upon the premises. The classification of and benefit assessed
against any property as made by the Mayor and Common Council of
Union Bridge shall be final, subject only to revision at said hearing. The
Mayor and Common Council may change the classification of properties
from time to time, as said properties change in the iises to which they
are put. Said benefits shall be levied for sewerage construction upon the
number of front feet abutting upon the street, lane, alley or right of way
in which the sewer is placed; provided, however, that no lot shall be as-
sessed on more than one side, that corner lots in this class shall be assessed
on that frontage towards which the building does or would naturally face,
and that all lots in this class shall be assessed for their full frontage even
though a sewer may not extend along the full length of any boundary;
and provided further, that in the case of irregular shaped lots, and shal-
low lots fronting on more than one street, the Mayor and Common Coun-
cil may determine upon for assessment, and may assess such length of
frontage as they deem reasonable and fair. Front foot benefit charges
for sewerage construction shall be uniform for each class of property
throughout the town, and no benefit charge once levied shall be increased.
The amount of the charge per front foot for each class of property for
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