718 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 419

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
water main or a sewer may not extend along the full length of
any boundary, and provided further, that in the case of ir-
regular shaped lots, and shallow lots fronting on more than
one street, the Commissioners of Millington may determine
upon for assessment, and may assess such length of frontage as
they deem reasonable and fair. Front foot benefit charges for
water supply and sewer 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 the water supply and
sewerage systems shall be determined from time to time by the
Commissioners of Millington as costs and conditions require.
Said benefit charges shall be paid annually beginning the year
such construction 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 con-
struction was done, provided, however, that any owner of prop-
erty in the sub-division, or industrial or business class may, at
his option, extinguish at any time said bent charge by the pay-
ment in cash of an amount which if put at interest at 3 1/2 per
cent, compounded annually, would yield an annuity equal to
the annual assessments for the period for which the bonds
have, at the time the option is exercised, still to run. The
Commissioners of Millington shall at any time permit a con-
nection with a water main or with a sewer by a property
owner whose property does not abut on said water main or
said sewer and who has not previous thereto paid a benefit for
the construction of said water supply system or said sewerage
system, provided that the said Commissioners of Milliugton
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 water supply system or on said
sewer system 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 property abutted upon said water supply system or
said sewer system. The annual benefit charges as above speci-
fied shall be a first lien upon the property against which they