ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 637

sponsible bidder, or the Commissioners of Leonardtown 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 day
labor; provided that at any time the Commissioners of Leon-
ardtowu may, in their discretion, expend by day labor for
constructipn 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 Com-
missioners of Leonardtown shall require, all of which shall
be enforceable in any court having jurisdiction.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners
of Leonardtown for the purpose of assessing benefits for the
construction of said water supply system, shall divide all
properties binding upon a street, lane, alley or right of way,
in which a water main is to be laid, into four classes; namely,
agricultural, small acreage, industrial or business, and sub-
division property. Immediately upon the commencement
of the water supply project, the Commissioners of Leonard-
town are empowered and directed to fix and levy a benefit
charge upon all property abutting upon said water main, 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 un-
improved property, posted upon the premises. The classi-
fication of and benefit assessed against any property as made
by the Commissioners of Leonardtown shall be final, subject
only to revision at said hearing. The Commissioners of Leon-
ardtown may change the classification of properties from time
to time, as said properties change in the uses to which they
are put. Said benefits shall be levied for water supply con-
struction upon the number of front feet abutting upon the
street, lane, alley or right of way in which the water main is
placed; provided, however, that no lot shall be assessed on
more than one side, that corner lots in this class shall be as-
sessed 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 water main