272 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 158

from time to time, as said properties change in the uses 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 assessed 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 shallow lots fronting on
more than one street, the Mayor and Common Council 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 sewers shall be deter-
mined from time to time by the Mayor and Common Council
of Union Bridge as costs and conditions require. Said benefit
charges 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 in the
sub-division or business or industrial class may, at his option,
extinguish at any time said benefit charge by the payment, in
cash, of an amount which if put at interest at 31 per cent,
compounded semi-annually, would yield an annuity equal to
the annual assessment for the period for which the bonds have,
at the time the option is exercised, still to run. The Mayor
and Common Council of Union Bridge shall at any time per-
mit a connection with a sewer by a property owner whose prop-
erty does not abut on said sewer, and who has not previous
thereto paid a benefit for the construction of said sewer, pro-
vided the said Mayor and Common Council of Union Bridge
shall first determine the classification of said property, and a
front foot charge to be paid by said property owner as though
his property abutted on said sewer; and in the event of such
connection being made, said property owner and said property
as to all charges, rates and benefits, shall in every respect stand
in the same position as if the said property abutted upon a