WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR 375

said erosion prevention works. Before proceeding to assess
such benefits it shall first notify the owners of real property
in such assessment District that it proposes to make an
assessment of benefit against their real property for such
erosion prevention works, and that upon a day certain to be
named therein a hearing will be granted such owners at a
place designated therein. Said notice of the proposed assess-
ment, as far as practicable, shall be mailed to each property
owner in said Assessment District by placing the same in an
envelope addressed to his last known address and depositing
the same, postpaid, in a United States Post Office, and by
publication thereof once a week for two successive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation published in the County.

(b) After said hearing has been granted, said Commis-
sioners, acting as such District Council, shall determine the
benefits accruing to each of the lots or parcels of land in said
Assessment District from the construction of said erosion
prevention works and shall fice and levy a benefit charge upon
each lot or parcel of land in said Assessment District to the
extent it is benefited by the construction of said erosion pre-
vention works, or part thereof. Said benefit charge shall be
a lien upon the real property against which it is assessed and
shall be paid annually as county taxes are required to be
paid, by all such lots or parcels of land in such district for a
period of years co-extensive with the period of maturity of
the notes, certificates of indebtedness or bonds out of the
proceeds of which such erosion prevention work was done.

172. (a) For the purpose of providing additional funds
to pay the semi-annual interest on such notes, certificates of
indebtedness or bonds, and the principal thereof, of each of
said districts, when and as they mature, and providing all
the funds necessary to pay the costs and expenses of each
district to carry into effect the provisions of this sub-title
and the entire cost of repairing and keeping in repair in each
district the erosion prevention works constructed therein, the
County Commissioners of the County, acting as District
Council for each of such districts, shall annually levy against
all the assessable property in each district so improved, a tax
which, with the money collected from the benefit charges,
will be sufficient to meet the interest on said notes, certifi-
cates of indebtedness or bonds as it becomes due, the princi-
pal thereof when and as they mature, and to pay the entire
cost of all necessary expenses of each district to carry into
effect the provisions of this sub-title and the entire cost of
repairing and keeping in repair the erosion prevention works
constructed in each district, including reimbursement to the
County Commissioners of the County, acting as District