Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                    1127

road, lane, alley or right-of-way in which a water main, sewer or
drain has been built. The said annual assessment shall be made
upon the front foot basis, and the first payment shall be collected
during the year in which the construction is completed on the water
supply, sewerage or drainage systems, or in which the systems are
purchased or acquired. The said Commission for the purpose of
assessing benefits shall divide all properties binding upon a street,
road, lane, alley or right-of-way, in which a water pipe or sanitary
sewer is to be laid, into four classes, namely: Agricultural, small
acreage, industrial or business, and sub-division property, and the
Commission may sub-divide each of said classes in such manner as
it may deem to be in the public interest. Whenever any water
supply or sewerage project in said sanitary district or sanitary dis-
tricts shall have been completed by March 31st, in any one year, re-
gardless of when said construction was commenced, then the said
Commission shall fix and levy a benefit charge as of the first day of
January of the year in which the project was completed upon all
property in said sanitary district abutting upon said water main or
sewer, in accordance with the classification or sub-division thereof,
and shall in writing, notify all owners of said properties into which
class and sub-division their respective properties fall and the charge
determined upon, naming also in said notice a time and place, when
and at which time said owner will be heard. Such notice may be
mailed to the last known address of the owner, or served in person
upon any adult occupying the premises or in case of a vacant or
unimproved property posted upon the premises. The classification
of and the benefit assessed against any property as made by the
Commission shall be final, subject only to revision at said hearing.
The Commission may change the classification or property from
time to time as' said properties change in the uses to which they are
put. Said benefits shall be levied for both water supply and sewerage
construction and shall be based for each class of property upon the
number of front feet abutting upon the street, lane, road, alley or
right-of-way in which the water pipe or sewer is placed; provided,
however, that in the case of any irregular shaped lot abutting upon
a road, street, lane, alley or right-of-way in which there is or is
being constructed a water main or sewer at any point, said lot shall
be assessed for such frontage as the Commission may determine to
be reasonable and fair; and provided further that no lot in a sub-
division property shall be assessed on more than one side, unless
said lot abuts upon two parallel streets, that corner lots may be
averaged and assessed upon such frontage as the Commission may
deem reasonable and fair, and that all lots in this class shall be
assessed even though a water main or sewer may not extend along
the full length of any boundary; and provided further, that no
land so classified as agricultural by this Commission shall be assessed
a front foot benefit when said agricultural land has constructed
through it or in front of it a sewer or water main, until such time
as the water or sewer connection is made, and when so made and
for every connection such land shall become liable to a front foot
assessment for such reasonable frontage not exceeding three hundred
(300) feet, or may be determined by said Commission, and shall be
immediately assessed at the rate of assessment determined by said
Commission for agricultural land. Front foot benefit charges for
water supply and sewerage construction shall be as nearly uniform
as is reasonable and practical for each class or sub-class of property