THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 573

shall notify in writing all assessed property owners as to
the classification of their properties and the amount of
their assessment, naming in said notice a time and place
when and where said owners will be heard. The classifi-
cation of and the benefit charges assessed against any
property shall be final, subject to revision only at said
hearing. The Mayor and Council in the case of corner
lots, irregular shaped lots and shallow lots, fronting on
more than one street, and also in the case of small acreage
and agricultural property may determine upon such
lengths of frontage for assessment as they may deem rea-
sonable and fair. Front foot assessment charges, as above
specified shall be a first lien on property against which
they are assessed, subject only to prior State and County
charges and upon complaint of the Mayor and Council
before any Justice of the Peace or the Circuit Court for
the County in which said land is situated shall he enforced
by a judgment and usual execution thereon. Said benefit
charges shall be in default after sixty days from the date
of levy and said levy shall bear interest at the rate of one
per cent (1%) a month from and after the time said levy
is in default. Provided, however, that before imposing
any such assessments as provided for hereinabove in this
section, the Mayor and Council of North Beach shall apply
the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12, 000. ) annually
to pay the interest due on the outstanding bonds and to
provide for their retirement, from funds received from
the county for licensing amusement devices. The Mayor
and Council of North Beach shall impose such assessments
or any other taxes to service such bonds in any year only
by such aggregate amount, if any, as shall exceed Twelve
Thousand Dollars ($12, 000. ) and shall be necessary to pay
the interest and/or principal of said bonds due and pay-
able in that year.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That for the pur-
pose of providing funds to pay the principal of and inter-
est on the bonds, issued pursuant to this Act, in whole or
in part, and for maintaining, repairing and operating the
water and sewerage system, and the sewerage disposal
plant, including overhead expense and proper depreciation
allowance, the Mayor and Council of North Beach shall
have full power and authority to make such service rates
as they may deem necessary, chargeable against all prop-
erties served by said water and sewerage system under
their ownership. Service rates shall be subject to change
from time to time as said Mayor and Council deem neces-
sary. Said rates shall be payable at such times, and shall
be subject to such penalties for non-payment, as said