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 248 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 232. 1894. shall be levied pro rata according to the linear frontage of said property. Payment of <>¤¤·1¤•1f Onehalf of the cost of the assessment work done under the provisions °'°°“" of this Act shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of “ Columbia, as follows: One-third of the amount within sixty days after service of notice of such assessment, without interest; onethird within one year, and the remainder within two years from the date of such imma. service of notice, and interest shall be charged at the rate of eight per centum per annum from the date of service of such notice on all amounts which shall remain unpaid at the expiration of sixty days after service xmas. of notice of such assessment, which in all cases shall be served upon each lot owner, if he or she be a resident of the District, and his or her residence known, and if he or she be a nonresident of the District, or his or her residence unknown, such notice shall be served on his or her tenant or agent, as the case may be, and if there be no tenant or agent known to the Commissioners, then they shall give notice of such assessment by advertisement twice a week for two weeks in some newspaper service ¤f¤¤¤¤¤- published in said District. The service of such notice, where the owner or his tenant or agent resides in the District of Columbia, shall be either _personal or by leaving the same with some person of suitable age at the residence or place of business of such owner, agent, or tenant; and return of such service, stating the manner thereof, shall be made in mom;. _ _ writing and filed in the office of said Commissioners: Provided, That m‘f°°* °" P“""°°*‘”“· the cost of publication of the notice herein provided for, and the service of such notices shall bepaid out of the appropriations for assessment and sm orpmpcrm permit work. Any property upon which such assessment and accrued interest thereon, or any part thereof, shall remain unpaid at the expiration of two years from the date of service of notice of such assessment shall be subject to sale therefor under the same conditions and penalties which are imposed by existing laws for the nonpayment of general taxes; and if any property assessed as herein provided for shall become liable to sale for any other assessment or tax whatever, then the assessments levied under this Act shall become immediately due and payable, and the property against which they are levied may be sold therefor, together with the accrued interest thereon, and the cost neposm forrequest of advertising, to the date of such sale. Property owners who request °"““*“'°"°‘“°“‘“‘ improvements under the permit system shall deposit in advance with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia an amount equal to one—half the estimated cost of such improvements, and in such cases it shall not be necessary to give the notice hereinbefore provided for. All moneys received by the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia for work done upon the request of property-owners, as herein provided for, shall be deposited by him in the United States Treasury to mfxnymentoncomrle- the credit of the permit fund. Upon the completion of work done as ' aforesaid at the request of property-owners, the Commissioners shall repay to the then current appropriation for assessment and permit work, out of the permit fund, a sum equivalent to one—half of the cost of the work, and shall return to the depositors, from the same fund, as Return ·»r¤¤¤-plus. application may be made therefor, any surplus that may remain over receipts. and above onelialf of the cost of the work. All sums received by the collector under the provisions of this Act on account of assessment work, and in payment of assessments heretofore made for compulsory permit work, shall be credited to the appropriation for assessment and c0E$E0n:¤<1 sewer permit work for the fiscal year in Which they are collected: Provided ° further, That the costs of service connections with water mains and sewers shall be assessed against the lots for which said connections are made, and shall be collected in the same manner and upon the same conditions as to notice as herein provided for assessment work: And Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
 * °P°“· provided further, That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this