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LAWS OF MARYLAND,
front foot on any street in the town of Laurel desiring to have

Streets to be
improved.

said sidewalks on such streets, shall have the power and is
hereby authorized to improve such street with brick or other
permanent sidewalks and curbing, in the discretion of said
Mayor and City Council ; that all such work shall be done by
contract, bids to be received upon written specifications and
the contract to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder,
who shall give a good and sufficient bond for the faithful per-
formance of the contract.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That upon completion of the

Owners of
property to
be assessed.

work the said Mayor and City Council shall assess the whole cost
thereof against the owners of the property abutting on said
street per front foot, and the amount so assessed shall be a lien
against said property and be collected as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That upon the completion of the
said work and an assessment covering the entire cost thereof
being made by the Mayor and City Council, the Mayor and City
Council shall give notice of said assessment to each land owner

Notice of
assessment
to be given.

of the amount assessed against his, her, their or its property,
said notice to be given by the clerk of the council by leaving
with the resident property holders at his, her, their or its resi-
dence such notice in the form of a written or printed state-
ment, and in case of non-resident by at least two insertions in
the newspapers published in said town, and the affidavit of
such clerk that such notice has been given shall be sufficient
evidence thereof ; any person interested or feeling aggrieved
shall have thirty days from the date of such notice in which
to file his, her, their or its objections with the Mayor and City
Council, and be entitled to a hearing and have the right of
appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince George's county from
the decision of the Mayor and City Council and to a jury trial
in said court, upon giving bond with good security for double
the amount of the assessment, and if no appeal be entered and
bond given or upon dismissal of said appeal, said assessment
shall be final.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the amounts so assessed

When assess-
ment to be
paid.

shall be paid by the respective land owners within three years,
in three annual payments, with interest at five per centum, to be
collected by the treasurer of the town as other taxes are col-
lected, and the Mayor and City Council are hereby authorized
to issue certificates of indebtedness bearing interest at five
per centum per annum against each respective piece of prop-
erty abutting on said streets so improved and negotiate the
same at par, to enable them to pay for said improvements in