1204 LAWS or MARYLAND. [CH. 494

and shall, in writing, notify all owners of said property 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 owner will be heard. Such notice may
be mailed to the last known address of the owner or, in the
case of vacant or unimproved property, posted upon the prem-
ises. The classification of and benefit assessed against any
property as made by the Commission shall be subject to revi-
sion at said hearing, and any party feeling aggrieved by the
determination of said Commission may within ten days from
the date thereof take an appeal therefrom to the Circuit Court
for Wicomico County. The Commission may change the clas-
sification of property from time to time, as said properties
change in the uses to which they are put. Said benefits shall
be levied for water supply and sewerage purchase or condem-
nation or construction upon the number of front feet abutting
upon the street, lane, alley or right of way in which a water
main or sewer is placed; provided, however, that no lot shall
be assessed on more than one side, that corner lots shall be
assessed on that frontage towards which the building does or
would naturally face, and that all lots 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 in the case of irregular shaped lots and shallow
lots fronting upon more than one street, the Commission may
determine upon for assessment and may assess such length of
frontage as they may deem reasonable and fair. Front-foot
benefit charges for water supply and sewerage purchase or
condemnation or construction shall be uniform for each class
of property throughout the city. The amount of the charge
per front foot for each class of property for water mains and
sewers shall be determined from time to time by the Commis-
sion, as costs and conditions require. Said benefit charges
shall be paid annually, beginning in the year in which - the
purchase or condemnation or construction is made or begun,
by all properties located as above specified, for a period of
years coextensive with the period of maturity of the bonds
out of the proceeds of which such construction was done; pro
vided, 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 the payment
in cash, in one sum, of the proportion of the estimated cost of
the project of which the construction or acquisition abutting
on his property is a part, represented by the number of front