1872                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 739

time or times as county taxes for less than a full year are billed.
If not so certified, said partial assessments shall be added to the
assessments certified by the county for collection in the ensuing fiscal
year. ALL SUMS COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY FOR BENE-
FITS LEVIED AGAINST THE PROPERTY FOR WATER, SEW-
ERAGE, OR DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE SET
ASIDE AS A SEPARATE FUND TO BE KNOWN AND DESIG-
NATED AS THE FRONT FOOT BENEFIT ASSESSMENT
FUND.

(b)    Classes of property. The county, for the purpose of assess-
ing benefits, shall divide all properties binding IN THE SANI-
TARY DISTRICT ABUTTING 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 subdivision property, and the county
may subdivide each of said classes in such manner as it may
deem to be in the public interest. Whenever any water supply or
sewerage project, or part thereof, in any sanitary district THE
SANITARY DISTRICT shall have been completed, the county shall
fix and levy benefit assessments upon all properties in said sanitary
district THE SANITARY DISTRICT abutting upon said water
main or sewer, in accordance with the classification or subdivision
thereof, and shall in writing, notify all owners of said properties
into which class or subdivision 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.

(c)    Levy of assessment. The classification of and the benefit
assessed against any property as made by the county shall be final,
subject only to revision at said hearing. The county may change
the classification of 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 WATER
SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE 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 MAIN, SEWER OR DRAINAGE SYSTEM
at any point, said lot shall be assessed for such frontage as the county
may determine to be reasonable and fair; and provided further that
no lot in a subdivision property shall be assessed on more than one
side, unless said lot abuts upon two parallel streets, or unless said
lot is a corner lot, in which event EITHER OF WHICH EVENTS said
lot may be averaged and assessed upon such frontage as the county
may deem reasonable and fair, and that all lots in this class THE
RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL OR BUSINESS CLASSIFI-
CATION shall be assessed full length of any boundary EVEN
THOUGH A WATER MAIN MAY NOT EXTEND ALONG THE
FULL LENGTH OF ANY BOUNDARY; and provided further,
that no land so classified as agricultural by the county shall be
assessed a front foot benefit when said agricultural land has con-