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(d)    When desirable, the affected property may be divided into dif-
ferent classes to be charged different rates, but, except for this, any rate
shall be uniform.

(e)    All special assessment charges shall be levied by the Council by
ordinance. Before levying any special assessment charges, the Council
shall hold a public hearing. The treasurer shall cause notice to be given
stating the nature and extent of the proposed project, the kind of mate-
rials to be used, the estimated cost of the project, the portion of the cost
to be assessed, the number of installments in which the assessment may be
paid, the method to be used in apportioning the cost, and the limits of the
proposed area of assessment. The notice shall also state the time and place
at which all persons interested, or their agents or attorneys, may appear
before the Council and be heard concerning the proposed project and spe-
cial assessment. Such notice shall be given by sending a copy thereof by
mail to the owner of record of each parcel of property proposed to be
assessed and to the person in whose name the property is assessed for taxa-
tion and by publication of a copy of the notice at least once in a news-
paper of general circulation in the Town. The Treasurer shall present at
the hearing a certificate of publication and mailing of copies of the notice,
which certificate shall be deemed proof of notice, but failure of any owner
to receive the mailed copy shall not invalidate the proceedings. The date
of hearing shall be set at least ten and not more than thirty days after
the Treasurer shall have completed publication and service of notice as
provided in this section. Following the hearing the Council, in its dis-
cretion, may vote to proceed with the project and may levy the special
assessment. All special assessment charges in effect at effective date of
this Charter shall be declared legal and binding and in full force and effect
as if herein fully set forth.

(f)    Any interested person feeling aggrieved by the levying of any
special assessment under the provision of this section shall have the right
to appeal to the Circuit Court for the County within ten days after the
levying of any assessment by the Council.

(g)    Special assessments may be made payable in annual or more
frequent installments over such period of time, not to exceed thirty years,
and in such manner as the Council may determine. The Council shall deter-
mine on what date installments shall be due and payable. Interest may be
charged on installments at the rate to be determined by the Council.

(h) All special assessment installments shall be overdue six months
after the date on which they became due and payable. All special assess-
ments shall be liens on the property and all overdue special assessments
shall be collected in the same manner as Town taxes or by suit at law.

(i) All special assessments shall be billed and collected by the
Treasurer.

TOWN PROPERTY

86. (Acquisition, Possession, and Disposal): The Town may ac-
quire real, personal, or mixed property within the corporate limits of the
Town for any public purpose by purchase, gift, bequest, devise, lease, con-
demnation, or otherwise and may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any
property belonging to the Town. All municipal property, funds, and fran-
chises of every kind belonging to or in the possession of the Town (by
whatever prior name known) at the time this Charter becomes effective
are vested in the Town, subject to the terms and conditions thereof.