HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1765

[Such liens] LIENS for [said] special benefit assessments shall
be cumulative from year to year until paid, NOTWITHSTANDING any
statute of limitations to the contrary [notwithstanding].
Payment of [such] special benefit assessments, with interest from
the date or dates due at the same rate as is payable on overdue
County taxes, shall be enforceable by sales of any properties in
default[, which sales]. SALES shall be conducted in the same
manner and held at the same times as sales of properties in
default on State, County and municipal taxes [are conducted and
held]. [If at] AT any such sale held either to collect [such]
taxes or [such] special benefit assessments, IF the proceeds of
sale are insufficient to liquidate all [such] THE liens with
interest [as aforesaid], [the unpaid balance due for said] THE
special benefit assessments [shall] continue as a first lien on
the property [sold in the hands of the purchaser thereof] FOR THE
UNPAID BALANCE DUE. The Commission shall [cause to be] HAVE
prepared and maintained[, from time to time,] a current and
up-to-date public record of all unpaid special benefit
assessments which have become liens [as aforesaid, such]. THE
record [to] SHALL be continuously on file and recorded with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington County[,] as a part of
or in conjunction with the County land records[, and to]. THE
RECORD SHALL show the name or names of the owner or owners of any
such property in default, the location of [any such] property,
the lot numbers, when of record, and the amount of special
benefit assessments due. The records [so] filed by the
Commission [shall] constitute legal notice of all liens shown
[thereon] ON IT.

(k) Enforcement of payment. If any liens, benefits
assessments or other charges remain unpaid for [sixty (60)] 60
days after becoming overdue, they may be collected by an action
of assumpsit or by a bill in equity [to enforce such liens, and
any judgment or decree obtained, where]. WHERE the defendants
have been served by subpoenal,] or in any other manner provided
by law, [shall have] ANY JUDGMENT OR DECREE HAS the force and
effect of a judgment in personam[; and the]. THE Commission may
sue[,] or MAY file a bill in equity to enforce [said] THE liens
against the owner of record at the time [said] THE suit is filed,
or any owner of record between [said] THOSE dates, and
publication [thereon] shall be notice to all persons having any
interest in [said] THE property.

(1) Collections; accounts. At least every [sixty (60)] 60
days, the Treasurer of the County shall remit to the Commission
the proceeds of all special benefit assessments collected by him,
together with a list showing the properties and the years for
which such collections have been made. [With respect to] FOR
each project or improvement, the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Commission shall maintain an account on his books [showing] THAT
SHOWS the amount of money to be repaid with respect [thereto] TO
EACH PROJECT OR IMPROVEMENT from the proceeds of special benefit
assessments, determined by the Commission [as aforesaid], and the
properties liable for such special benefit assessments. Upon
receipt of each [such] remittance from the County Treasurer, the