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condemnation of such franchise or right and of the property
subject thereto; provided nothing in this section shall affect
in any manner the rights now exercised under the franchises
held by the several public service corporations operating under
franchises held by them from the Commissioners of Delmar,
unless the owner thereof shall consent thereto, or unless taken
by cou demnation as hereinbefore provided.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners
of Delmar, for the purpose of assessing benefits for the con-
struction of said sewerage system, shall divide all property
binding upon a street, lane, alley or right-of-way, in which a
sanitary sewer is to be laid, into classes. Immediately upon
commencement of the sewerage project, the Commissioners of
Delmar are empowered and directed to fix and levy a benefit
charge upon all property abutting upon said sewer, in accord-
ance with the classification, and shall in writing notify all.
owners of said properties into which class their respective prop-
erties 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 unimproved
property, posted upon the premises. The classification of and
benefit assessed against any property as made by the Commis-
sioners of Delmar shall be final, subject only to revision at said
hearing, and subject further to an appeal upon all matters of
law and fact to the Circuit Court of Wicomico County, said
appeal to be taken within thirty days after decision by said
Commissioners, The Commissioners may change the classifi-
cation of properties 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 abut-
ting upon the street, lane, alley or right-of-way in which the
sewer is place; provided, however, that no lot snail 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 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 Commissioners of Delmar may determine upon for assess-
ment, and may assess such length or frontage as they deem
reasonable and fair. Front foot benefit charges for sewerage
construction shall be uniform for each class of property through-
out the town. The amount of the charge per front foot for
each class of property for sewers shall be determined from
time to time by the Commissioners of Delmar as costs and con-