HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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class or sub-class[, naming also in said]. THE notice SHALL
SPECIFY a time [when] and a place at which [said] THE owners will
be heard by the Commission. [Such] THE notice SHALL be mailed to
the last known address of each owner or be served in person upon
any adult occupying the premises or, in case of a vacant or
unimproved property, may be posted upon the premises. [No such]
A hearing [shall] MAY NOT be held sooner than [ten] 10 days after
delivery of [such] THE notice [as aforesaid]. At or following
[any such] THE hearing, the Commission may make revisions in the
classification or sub-classification of and the benefits assessed
against any property and, thereafter, [such] THE classification,
sub-classification and assessments shall be final, except as
provided in sub-section (c) [hereof] OF THIS SECTION.

(f)  Certification of list. When [said] THE assessments
have been finally determined, [as aforesaid,] the
Secretary-Treasurer shall certify to the Treasurer of the County
a list of the properties benefitted, the annual assessments
applicable to each, and the number of years during which [said]
THE assessments shall be collected[, and said]. THE Treasurer
shall include in the annual tax bill for the ensuing year for
each such property the amount of the first annual assessment and
shall make a similar assessment in each succeeding year for the
period specified by the Commission, subject only to [such]
changes [as may be] authorized by the Commission [as herein
provided]. If the county [shall determine] FINDS that it is
impracticable to collect [said] THE special benefit assessments
[as above provided, then], the Commission [is hereby authorized
and empowered to] MAY provide for [the] separate billing and
collection [thereof] by the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Commission.

(g)  Levy of assessments. [Said special] SPECIAL benefit
assessments shall be levied for both water [systems] and sewerage
systems and shall be based, [as aforesaid,] for each class or
sub-class of property, [upon] ON 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]. IN case of any irregular shaped lot [abutting upon]
THAT ABUTS ON 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] THE lot shall be assessed for [such] THE
frontage [as] the Commission [may determine] DETERMINES to be
reasonable and fair[; and provided, further that no]. A lot in a
sub-division property [shall] MAY NOT be assessed on more than
one side[,] unless [said] THE lot abuts [upon two] ON 2 parallel
streets[, that corner]. CORNER lots may be averaged and assessed
[upon such] ON frontage [as] the Commission [may deem] DEEMS
reasonable and fair[, that all]. ALL lots in this class shall be
assessed even though a water main or sewer [may] DOES not extend
along the full length of any boundary[; and whenever]: WHENEVER
a property consists of a number of sub-division lots in the same
block in [one] 1 ownership and appurtenant to a single structure,
the Commission may treat [said] THE, property as a single lot for
purposes of classification and sub-ciassification[; and provided