712                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 277

tion of 1928), title "Baltimore County, " sub-title "Health and
Sanitation, " sub-heading "Metropolitan District, " be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as
follows:

335. For the purpose of paying the interest and providing
the sinking fund for the bonds issued by the County Commis-
sioners, as hereinafter provided for the water supply, sewerage
and drainage systems to be constructed, purchased or established
under this Act, the Commissioners are hereby empowered and
directed to establish a proper and reasonable charge for connec-
tion with said water supply, sewerage and drainage systems so
to be constructed, purchased, or established as aforesaid, and to
fix an annual assessment on all properties, improved and unim-
proved, binding upon a street, road, lane, alley or right-of-way
in which a water main, sewer or drain has been built. The said
annual assessment shall be made upon the front foot basis, and
the first payment shall be collectible during the year that the
construction is started on the water supply, sewerage, or drain-
age system, or in which the systems are purchased or acquired.
The total connection charges and front foot assessments established
and fixed for any year shall always equal at least seventy-five
(75%) per centum of the amount necessary for interest and
sinking funds to be paid during said year, and may be as much
more as the Commissioners, in their discretion, shall determine.
The Commissioners, for the purpose of assessing benefits shall
divide all properties fronting upon a street, lane, or alley, in
which a water pipe or sanitary sewer is to be laid, into four
classes, namely: First, Agricultural; Second, Small Acreage;
Third, Industrial or Business, and Fourth, Subdivision property,
and the benefit charges shall be fixed and levied in accordance
with the above classification, provided, however, that no front
foot benefit charge shall be levied against any Agricultural prop-
erty until such property is connected with said water pipe or
sanitary sewer, and provided, further, that when connected, the
length of Agricultural property to be assessed shall be limited
to 150 feet. The Commissioners shall change the classification
of properties, from time to time, as said properties change in
the uses to which they are put. The Commissioners shall be em-
powered and directed to make a charge upon every building
and place having a connection with the sewerage system under
their control, said charge to be an annual sewerage service
charge. All assessments and charges shall be uniform for each
class of property throughout any sub-district, shall be subject
to change annually and shall be collected by the Treasurer of
Baltimore County excepting the water service rates, which shall
be collected as already specified in Section 332. For those water
supply systems not falling under the provisions of Sections 331