THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1037

by the public improvements hereinbefore referred to Such
assessments shall be reasonable, uniform and shall be on
a front foot basis and the first payment shall be collectible
during the year in which the construction, reconstruction,
extension, repair or maintenance of said public improve-
ments is begun.

The Mayor and City Council, for the purpose of estab-
lishing said front-foot assessment rates, may classify
properties according to the uses to which they are put and
may change such classifications and the front-foot assess-
ment rates from year to year, as may become necessary,
but the rate for any one year shall be uniform for all prop-
erty in any one classification so assessed within the muni-
cipality. The Mayor and City Council shall notify in writ-
ing all assessed property owners as to the classification of
their properties and the amount of their assessment, nam-
ing in said notice a time and place when and where said
owners will be heard. The classification of and the benefit
charges assessed against any property shall be final, sub-
ject to revision, however, at said hearing. The Mayor and
City Council in the case of corner lots, irregularly shaped
lots, and all lots fronting on more than one street, may de-
termine on such lengths of frontage for assessment as they
deem reasonable and fair.

Should the above mentioned special assessments prove
insufficient in any year to pay the maturing principal of
and interest on the bonds issued by the Mayor and City
Council to pay the cost of said Public Improvements, the
Mayor and City Council are directed and empowered to
levy an ad valorem tax upon all of the property subject to
assessment for taxation in the said "Fairlawn" District,
in rate and amount sufficient to make up said deficiency.
Said tax rate, as laid by the Mayor and City Council, shall
be uniform for all the property located in the "Fairlawn"
District. Nothing, however, shall be included in the tax
rate assessed against the property located in the "Fair-
lawn" District for debt service of any sort whatsoever on
bonds issued by the Town of Laurel, prior to the issuance
of any bonds under said Chapter 6 of the Acts of the
Special Session of the General Assembly of July 27, 1950.

(2). The Mayor and City Council shall, by proper ordi-
nance or resolution, adopt all regulations for the construc-
tion, maintenance or operation of the said improvements
or municipal functions, and shall fix the time and manner
of payment, and all special assessments or taxes levied
by the said Mayor and City Council shall be treated in all