J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1269

(h) Said [benefits] special benefit assessments shall be levied
for both water [supply] systems and sewerage [construction] sys-
tems and shall be based, as aforesaid, for each class or sub-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 abut-
ting 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 deter-
mine to be reasonable and fair; and provided, further that no lot in
a sub-division property shall be assessed on more than one side, un-
less 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 whenever a property consists
of a number of sub-division lots in the same block in one ownership
and appurtenant to a single structure, the Commission may treat
said property as a single lot for purposes of classification and sub-
classification; and provided further, that [no] land so classified as
agricultural by [this] the 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 connec-
tion on such land [shall become liable to a front foot assessment]
for such reasonable frontage not exceeding three hundred (300) feet,
or AS may be determined by said Commission [, and shall be imme-
diately assessed at the rate of assessment determined by said Com-
mission for agricultural land].

(c)  [Front foot] Special benefit [charges] assessments for water
[supply] systems and sewerage [construction] systems shall be as
nearly uniform as is [reasonable and practical] possible in the light
of changing construction costs for each class or sub-class of prop-
erty throughout each [district] sub-district [for any one year], pro-
vided, however, that whenever the [Commission] District acquires
an existing water or sewer system other than a municipal system,
the construction of which has been added in whole or in part to the
purchase price of land or lots abutting upon said system and which
contribution the Commission has determined to be a factor in the
cost to the [Commission] District of such system, the Commission
may, in its discretion, levy a [front foot] special benefit assessment
less than the uniform front foot assessment levied in the remainder
of the [sanitary district] sub-district in which said system is located.
The amount of the charge per front foot for each class of property
for both water mains and sewers may not be increased but may be
reduced from time to time by the Commission in its discretion, if
[costs and conditions] revenues realized are deemed by it to justify
such reduction. Said [benefit charge] special benefit assessments
shall be paid annually by all properties located as above specified, for
a period of years co-extensive with the period of maturity of the
bonds [out of] , from the proceeds of which such construction was
done in whole or in part.

(d)   The Commission shall at any time permit a connection with
a water main or sewer by the property owner whose property does
not abut on said water main or sewer and who has not previously