J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1317

that the proposed new construction or extension will he financially
self-supporting within a reasonable time after completion, the Com-
missioners shall not order the construction of said new lines or ex-
tensions, unless property owners requesting them shall finance their
cost upon a basis that will make them a permanently self-supporting
part of the Sanitary District. The requirement that a project be
financially self-supporting shall not apply to any exercise by the
Commissioners of the general powers and authority to establish, con-
struct and maintain facilities conferred upon them by Section 498,
provided the Chief Engineer finds that: (a) the cost or expense
involved in the exercise of such power and authority is not readily
or fairly susceptible of allocation among property owners in the
affected area in accordance with the terms of Section 516; and (b)
the exercise of such power and authority is for a purpose necessary
and useful to the installation, operation, or maintenance of a water
system, sewer system, or part thereof, constructed or to be constructed
in Anne Arundel County; and (c) that the Chief Engineer prepares
a schedule of equitable apportionment of cost among the property
owners in the drainage area benefited by such project in order that
the difference between cost of said project and capitalized assessment
may ultimately be recovered in lump sum payments from said prop-
erty owners as and when their properties are connected to said water
or sewer facilities. All property owners benefited by the construction
of the project shall he notified of the proposed apportionment of cost
contained in said schedule and after hearing, the Commissioners may
adopt the schedule as prepared or subsequently amended. No levy
shall be made against any property owner of the amount appor-
tioned to his property until his properties are connected.

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