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SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That said Commission,
for the purpose of assessing benefits for the construction of
water supply and sewerage systems, shall divide all properties
binding upon a street, lane, alley or right of way, in which a
water pipe or sanitary sewer is to be laid, into four classes,
namely, agricultural, small acreage, industrial or business, and
subdivision property. Immediately upon the commencement
of a water supply or sewerage project in any district, the Com-
mission is empowered and directed to fix and levy a benefit
charge upon all property in that district abutting upon said
water main or sewer, in accordance with the classification, and
shall in writing notify all owners 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 property, posted upon the premises.
The classification of and benefit assessed against any property
as made by the Commission shall be final, subject only to revi-
sion at said hearing. The Commission may change the classi-
fication of properties, from time to time, as said properties
change in the uses to which they are put. Said benefits shall
be levied for both water supply and sewerage construction and
shall be based for each class of property upon the number of
front feet abutting upon the street, lane, alley or right of way
in which the water pipe or sewer is placed; provided, however,
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 towards which the building should natural-
ly 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; and provided
further, that no land so classed as agricultural by said Com-
mission, when in actual use for farming or trucking purposes,
shall be assessed a front foot benefit when such agricultural land
has constructed through it or in front of it a sewer or water
main, until such time as a water or sewer connection is made,
and when so made and for every connection such land shall
become liable to a front foot benefit assessment for such reason-
able frontage, not exceeding three hundred feet front, as may
be determined by said Commission, and shall be imme-
diately assessed at the rate of assessment determined upon
by the said Commission for agricultural land. Front-foot bene-