HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               3105

sewer and who has not previously thereto paid a benefit
charge for the construction of the water main or sewer
provided [said] THE commission shall classify [said] THE
property and determine a front foot charge to be paid by the
property owner at the rate and for the same number of years
as though his property abutted upon a water main or sewer
constructed in the year in which the connection is made and
in the event of such connection being made the property
owner and the property, as to all charges, rates and
benefits, shall stand in every respect in the same position
as if the property abutted upon a newly constructed water
main or sewer. In the event that at a subsequent date water
or sewer lines are constructed so as to abut such property,
the commission may require the owner thereof to connect to
the abutting line and discontinue service from the
non-abutting line, but so long as the property is in the
same classification as when the non-abutting connection was
made, the prior assessment shall stand and the property
shall not be assessed for the new, abutting water main or
sewer.

(h) The provisions relating to the collection of
[said] THE front foot benefit charges as they existed prior
to April 26, 1927, shall remain in full force and effect for
the purpose of the collection of any of [said] THE front
foot benefit charges due and accrued prior to January 1,
1927, and the repeal herein of [said] THE provisions shall
be taken only so far as they relate to the collection of
front foot benefit charges due and accrued subsequent to
January 1, 1927.

(i) All of the front foot benefit charges levied by
the commission prior to June 30, 1965, shall be payable on
the first of January of each year, beginning January the
first, 1927, and all front foot benefit charges to be levied
by the commission after June 30, 1965, shall be so levied as
to begin January 1st or July 1st next succeeding the date of
the order making the levy. The commission shall collect,
however, under the provisions of the law existing prior to
April 26, 1927, all front foot benefit charges due and
payable January 1, 1927, in the Chevy Chase and Seat
Pleasant districts.

(j) Where an applicant applies for water or sewer
lines in an area in which the commission determines it is
economically not feasible to serve unless the applicant
makes a substantial contribution to the cost of construction
of such water and sewer lines including the cost of
connecting them with the commission's system the commission
may classify applicant's property together with other
adjacent or adjoining properties that could be readily
served from the construction required by applicant as a
"remote area" and upon the approval of such application and
the payment of the contribution, it may construct such water
or sewer lines as are desired by applicant levying the usual
front foot benefit charge as provided by law. The
commission may contract with the applicant at the time of