HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1783

ments upon their property under the provisions of Section
330. The first payment shall be collectible during the year
that the construction is started on the water supply, sewerage
or drainage systems, or parts thereof, or in which the sys-
tems are purchased and acquired. Interest at the rate
of one-half of 1% per month shall be charged on all said
annual assessments remaining unpaid on June first after said
annual assessment shall be due and payable. The Commis-
sioners, for the purpose of assessing benefits, except where an-
other basis is used by agreement with the property owner under
Section 330, shall divide all properties fronting upon a street,
lane or alley, in which a water pipe or sanitary sewer is to be
laid into five classes, namely: First, Agricultural; second, Small
Acreage; third, Industrial or Business; fourth, Sub-division
Property; and fifth, Remote Property, and the benefit charges
shall be fixed and levied in accordance with the above
classification, or by agreement pursuant to Section 330, pro-
vided, however, that no front foot benefit charge shall be
levied against any agricultural property until such property
is connected with said water pipe or sanitary sewer, and
provided, further, that when connected, the length of agri-
cultural property to be assessed shall be limited to 150 feet.
The Commissioners shall change the classification of prop-
erties from time to time as said properties change in the uses
to which they are put. The Commissioners shall be empowered
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, except connection charges and charges
or assessments made pursuant to agreement under Section 330,
shall be uniform for each class of property throughout the Dis-
trict, shall be subject to change annually and shall be collected
by the treasurer of Baltimore County, as hereinafter set forth,
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 and
332 but constructed and operated by the Commissioners, water
service rates, shall be established by the Commissioners. All
front foot assessments shall run for an equal term of years;
provided, however, that any property owner may, at his option
within one year from the time said front foot assessment or
benefit charge is levied, extinguish the same by the payment
in cash, in one sum, of the proportion of the estimated cost of
the project of which the construction abutting upon his prop-
erty is a part, represented by the number of front feet with
which he is assessed, with interest at the rate of six per cent
per annum from the date of said levy, less any annual pay-
ment that may have been made thereon. The Commissioners,