94 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 46

against all of the properties within any particular drainage
area or watershed, as may be determined by survey by the
Town Engineer, which is served by said system, whether
immediately or remotely based on the area in square feet
of assessable property belonging to any owner within said
drainage area and so benefited, which tax or assessment
shall be uniform throughout the area affected. Such tax
or assessment shall be levied annually in a sufficient
amount to meet the principal and interest requirements of
the bonds outstanding, the proceeds of which went into
the construction of the drainage system and such tax or
assessment may be graduated from year to year as the
bonds are retired, provided, however, before any such tax
or assessment is levied the Mayor and Common Council
of Seat Pleasant shall mail to the best obtainable addresses
of the owners of all properties within said drainage district
or part thereof upon which it is proposed to levy a tax or
assessment, notice that said tax or assessment is to be
levied and giving said property owners an opportunity to
be heard thereon at a time and place fixed in said notice,
and at said hearing the Mayor and Common Council may
adjust said tax or assessment, maintaining however, a
rule of uniformity as to the base rate or percentage of levy.
Such levy or assessment when made shall constitute a tax
lien upon all of the properties within said drainage area,
as determined by the Mayor and Common Council of Seat
Pleasant and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed
six per centum (6%) per annum from and after thirty
(30) days from the date of each annual levy or assessment,
and any assessment or part thereof, including interest and
penalties remaining due and unpaid, shall be enforced and
collected by the Mayor and Common Council in the same
manner as town taxes are now enforced and collected, as
now or hereafter prescribed and required by law.

(d) The Mayor and Common Council, in its discretion,
may contribute from the general funds of the Town up to
twenty-five per cent (25%) of the cost of a drainage
project, and is hereby authorized to receive from the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission any part of
the cost of any such drainage project.

(e) The Mayor and Common Council may require any
owner or developer of a sub-division or tract of land upon
which dwellings, apartments, stores or other buildings are
to be erected to contribute what it deems to be a fair share
of the cost of a drainage project before it approves or
constructs such project, such contribution to be paid in
cash before construction begins or secured to the satis-