GARRETT COUNTY. 2789

ever, that no lot in a subdivision property shall be assessed on more than
one side, that corner lots in this class shall be assessed on that frontage
toward which the building should naturally face, and that all lots in this
class shall be assessed for their full frontage even though a water main
or sewer may not extend along the full length of any boundary; that in
case of irregular shaped lots, and shallow lots fronting on more than one
street in which a water main or sewer is placed, the Mayor and Town
Council may assess such length of frontage as it deems reasonable and
fair; and provided, further, that in case of small acreage and agricultural
property, where a water main or sewer does not extend along the whole
frontage, the mayor and town council may assess such length of frontage
as they deem reasonable and fair. Front foot assessments for water sup-
ply and sewerage construction shall be uniform for each class of property
throughout the town. The amount of the assessment per front foot for
each class of property for water mains and sewers shall be determined
annually by the Mayor and Town Council as costs and conditions require.
Said assessments shall be paid annually beginning in the year such con-
struction is begun, by all properties located as above specified, for a
period of years co-extensive with the period of maturity of the bonds out
of the proceeds of which such construction was done; provided, however,

that any owner of property may, at his option, within one year from the
time said front foot assessment or benefit charge is levied extinguish the
same by payment in cash, in one sum, of the proportion of the estimated
cost of the project, of which the construction abutting upon his property
is a part, represented by the number of front feet which he is assessed,
with interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum from the date of said
levy, less any annual payment that may have been made thereon. The
Mayor and Town Council however, in estimating said cost for the pur-
pose of extinguishment may add thereto a reasonable margin to protect
itself against possible changes in the cost of construction and loss of
interest. All sums received under such plan of extinguishment shall be
preserved intact by said Mayor and Town Council, less the payment of
the proportion of interest and a sinking fund properly chargeable to the
amount so received, and used for future construction; and provided fur-
ther, that any property owner, whose property is classified under busi-
ness or industrial, or subdivision, may, at his option, at any time during
the life of said assessment extinguish the same by payment in cash of
an amount, which, if put at interest at 3 1/2 per cent., compounded annu-
ally, would yield an annuity equal to the annual assessment for the period
for which said assessment has yet to run. The Mayor and Town Council
shall at any time permit a connection with a water main or sewer by a
property owner whose property does not abut on said water main or sewer
and who has not previously thereto paid an assessment for the construc-
tion of said water main or sewer, provided the said Mayor and Town
Council shall first determine the classification of said property, and a
front foot charge to be paid by said property owner, as though his prop-
erty abutted on said water main or sewer; and in the event of such con-