ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 599

real and leasehold property within the old limits of said city
may be subject. (2) Every lot, or piece of real and lease-
hold property to a depth not exceeding 200 feet situate in said
territory, which fronts, binds or abuts on any public street,
avenue or highway, lighted at public expense, and complete-
ly paved from curb line to curb line, including gutters, with
bitulithic asphalt, asphalt blocks, Belgian blocks, vitrified
bricks, macadam in good condition, as heretofore laid before
this section of this Article took effect, or if laid subsequent
thereto, laid without direct assessment for the cost thereof, in
whole or in part, upon the abutting property owners, unless
the owners of a majority of front feet of property binding upon
said street, avenue or highway, or the part thereof to be paved,
expressly assent to said direct assessment, and laid in accor-
dance with existing standards of proper macadam con-
struction as laid under the supervision of the Highways
Engineer, or other improved pavement (or with cobblestones
laid before this section of this Article took effect, or laid sub-
sequent thereto upon the assent of the owners of the majority
of the front feet of property binding upon said street, avenue,
or highway, or the part thereof to be paved), as distinguished
from earth or gravel, which streets, avenues or highways are
continuously connected by public or private streets, roads,
avenues or highways paved from curb line to curb line, includ-
ing gutters, with bitulithic, asphalt, asphalt blocks, Belgian
blocks, vitrified bricks, macadam or other improved pavement or
cobblestones, as distinguished from earth or gravel, within the
territory embraced within the old city limits, shall be classi-
fied as suburban property, and shall be subject, for the pur-
poses of city taxation for the year 1928 at a rate equal to
sixty-seven per cent, of the rate to which urban property may
be liable, and for the year 1929 at a rate equal to seventy
per cent, of the rate to which urban property may be liable,
and so on from year to year with an increase of three
per cent, of the full city rate each year until and including the
year 1938, after which such property shall be subject to the
full city rate.

(3). All real and leasehold property in said annexed terri-
tory which does not come under either the classification of urban
Dr suburban property, as hereinbefore defined, shall be classified
as a rural property, and shall be subject, for the purposes of
city taxation, for the year 1928 at a rate equal to thirty-four
per cent of the rate to which urban property may be liable,
and for the year 1929 at a rate equal to forty per cent of the
rate to which urban property may be liable, and so on from year
to year with an increase of six per cent of the full city rate
each year until and including the year 1938, after which such