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whole, using said equipment as in its judgment mar be deemed
advisable. All such contracts may be protected by such bonds,
penalties and conditions as the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy
may require, all of which shall be enforceable in any court
having jurisdiction.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and Coun-
cil of Mt. Airy for the purpose of assessing benefits for the con-
struction of said water supply system, shall divide all proper-
ties binding upon a street, lane, alley or right-of-way, in which
a water main is to be laid, into four classes, namely: agricul-
tural, small acreage, industrial or business, and residential or
sub-division property. Immediately upon the commencement
of the water supply project, the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy
is 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 prem-
ises, 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 Mayor and Council of Mt.
Airy shall be final, subject only to revision by it. The Mayor
and Council of Mt. Airy may change the classification of prop-
erties from time to time, as said properties change in the uses
to which they are put. Said benefits shall be levied for water
supply construction 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
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 may
not extend along the full length of any boundary: and, pro-
vided, further, that in the case of irregular shaped lots and
shallow lots fronting on more than one street, the Mayor and
Council of Mt. Airy may determine upon for assessment, and
may assess, such length of frontage as it deems reasonable and.
fair. Front foot benefit charges for water supply construction
shall be uniform for each class of property throughout the
town. The amount of the charge per front foot 'for, each class