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alley or right-of-way in which a water main is laid, or may
provide for both the levy of a tax and the levy of a front foot
assessment charge, as above mentioned. The tax so levied
shall be sufficient in amount to meet the interest on said bonds
as it becomes due and to pay the principal thereof as they
mature, or such part of said amount as may not be raised by
annual front foot assessments as hereinafter provided in Sec-
tion 5, said tax to be determined, levied and collected in the
same manner as in the case of other municipal taxes. The
taxes levied under this Act shall have the same priority rights,
bear the same interest and penalties, and in every respect be
treated the same as other municipal taxes. In order that the
prompt payment of interest and the proper provision for the
payment of the principal of the bonds issued under this Act
shall be assured, the prompt and proper performance of the
duties imposed upon the tax levying authorities is specifically
enjoined, and any failure upon the part of any person, or per-
sons, body corporate or agent to perform the proper acts and
duties in connection with the levy and collection of the neces-
sary taxes, or the use of any of the funds collected by virtue
of this section for any other purpose than for the payment of
the principal and interest on said bonds, shall hereby be de-
clared a misdemeanor and punishable as other misdemeanors
are punishable by Section 16 of this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted. That for the payment
of all or part of the interest on and all or part of the principal
of the bonds as they mature and not provided for in the re-
ceipts as collected under the provisions of Section 4, the au-
thorities may levy a front foot assessment on all property abut-
ting on a street, road, alley or right-of-way in which a water
main is laid. Said assessments shall be payable annually dur-
ing the life of the bonds and sufficient in aggregate amount to
pay any part or all of the interest on outstanding bonds, and
to provide for their retirement. Said authorities may provide
for the extinguishment by property owners of annual front foot
benefit charges upon such terms as they may deem wise, pro-
vided any such arrangement shall provide properly for the
necessary payments on the outstanding bonds. The municipal
authorities may change the front foot assessment rates from
year to year, as may become necessary, but the rate for any
one year shall be uniform for all property so assessed within
the municipality. Said authorities shall notify in writing all
assessed property owners as to the amount of their assessment,
naming in said notice a time and place when and where said