The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-05-22
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS

and assessment against any property
as made by the Mayor and Town
Council shall be final. subject only to
revision at said hearing. The Mayor
and Town Council NAV change the
classification of properties from time
to time. as said poperties change I'm
the uses 30 which they are put. SAID
assessment shall be levied for water
supply and sewerage construction and
| shall be based for each class Of prop
crty upon the number Of front feet
AUDITING upon the street, lane. alley
or Iight-of-Way in which the water
pipe or sewer is placed; provided,
| however, that no lot i'm division
| property shall be assessed on more
than one side, that corner lots in this
class shall be assessed on that front
age toward which the building should
| naturally face, and that all lots in this
class shall be assessed for their full
frontage even though water main
or sewer may not extend along the
full length Of any boundary; that in
case If irregular shaped lots, and
shallow lots fronting on more than
one street in which q water main or
sewer is placed, the Mayor and Town
| Council may assess such length Of
frontage as it deems reasonable and
fair; and, provided, further, that in
case Of small acreage and agricultu-
| raj property, where q water main or
| sewer does not extend along the whole
frontage, the Mayor and Town Coun-
ell may assess such length Of front
age as they deem reasonable and fair
! Front foot assessment for water sup
! ply and sewerage construction shall
be uniform for each class of property
throughout the town. The amount Of
the assessment per front foot for each
class of property for water mains and
sewers shall be determined annually
! by the Mayor and Town Council as
costs and conditions require. Said as
| sessments shall be paid annually be-
! ginning in the year such construction
is begun, by all properties located as
above specified, for a period of years
co-eXtensive with the period OF ma
| tulity Of the bonds out of the pro-
ceeds Of which such construction was
done; provided, however, that any
owner Of property may, at his option
within one year from the time the
said front foot assessment or benefit
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| by payment in cash, in one sum, of the
proportion Of the estimated cost OF
| the project, of which the construction
abutting upon his property is a part
represented by the number Of front
! feet which he is assessed, with inter
est at the rate of six per cent per an
mum from the date OF said levy, less
any annual payment that may have
! been made thereon. The Mayor and
| Town Council, however, in estimating
said cost for the purpose Of extin-
| punishment may add thereto reason
able margin to protect itself against
possible changes in the cost OF CON
struction and loss OF interest. All
sums received under such plan of e.
| tinguishment shall be preserved III
tact by said Mayor and Town Coul.
ell, less the payment of the proportiG
of interest and a sinking fund prop
eTly chargeable TO the amount so re-
ceived and used for future c0nstruc-
ton; and provided further, than any
| property owner, whose property Is
classified under business or industrial,
or subdivision, may, at his option, at
any time during the life OF said as
sessment eXtinguish the same by pay
ment in cash OF an amount, which, if
put at interest at 312 per cent, com
pounded annually, would yield an an
nuity equal to the annual assessment
for the period for which said assess
ment has yet to run. The Mayor and
Town Council shall at any time per-
NIT a connection with a water main
or sewer by a property owner whose
property does not abut on said water
main or sewer and who has not prev
iously thereo paid an assessment for
the construction of said water main
or sewer, provided the said Mayor and
Town Council shall first determine
the classification OF said property, and
a front foot charge to be paid by said
property owner, as though his prop
erty abutted on said water man or
| sewer; and in the event of such con-
nection being made, said property
owner and said property, as to all
charges, rates and assessments, shall
In every respect stand in the same
position as if the said property abut-
ted upon water main or sewer. The
annual assessments as above Speci-
ned shall be first lien upon the prop
erty against which they are assessed,
subject only to prior State, county and
municipal charges, and shall be en-
forced by judgment upon complaint
of the Mayor and Town Council be-
fore any Justice of the Peace OF the
Circuit Court of Garrett County, and
usual execution thereon. No such an
nual assessment shall continue as a
lien for period longer than two
years from the date from which the
same became in default, unless it is
reduced to a judgment and duly re
corded among the records at the office.
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Garrett County. Said assessment
shall be payable at the office Of the
Mayor and Town Council Immediately
upon being levied, and shall be in de-
fault after 60 days from that date;
and said levy, and any judgment OBJ
tanned as result of the default Of
the payment thereof, shall bear inter
est at the rate Of ! per cent month
from and after the time said lew is
in default.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted.
That said Mayor and Town Council
shall provide for each and every prop
erty abutting upon a street or right