JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

provided for and the cost of the service of such notice shall be
assessed to the owner of the property, and become a lien upon
said property when such notice is duly recorded among the
land records of the county in which land is situated.

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40E. Any property upon which such assessment and interest
and costs thereon, or any part thereof, shall remain unpaid at
the expiration of one year from the date of the service of
notice of such assessment shall be subject to sale therefor
under the same conditions and penalties which are imposed
by existing law as set forth in the charter of the Town of
Takoma Park for the non-payment 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 section shall become imme-
diately due and payable, and the property against which
they are levied may be sold therefor, together with accrued
interest thereon and costs of advertising, giving notice, etc.,
today of sale.

Unpaid assess-
ment. How
collected.

SEC. 40F. Property owners who request improvements
under the provisions of this section shall deposit in advance
with the Treasurer of the Town of Takoma Park 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.

Deposit in ad-
vance for im-
provements.

40G. All moneys received by the Treasurer of the Town of
Takoma Park for work done upon the request of property
owners, as herein provided for, shall be deposited by him in
a separate fund. Upon completion of the work done as afore-
said at the request of the property owners, the Treasurer of
the Town of Takoma Park shall pay to the general funds of
the town a sum equivalent to one-half the cost of the work,
and shall return to the depositor or depositors, as application
may be made therefor, any surplus that may remain over and
above one-half the cost of the work. Should, however, the
estimated cost of the work be exceeded through circumstances
beyond the control of the Mayor and Council, then the addi-
tional half of the excess shall be paid for by the owner of the
property or collected in the same manner as provided for the
collection of the original estimated half.

Duties of
Treasurer.

40H. The cost of service connections with water-mains and
sewers shall be assessed against the lots for which said con-
nections are made, and shall be collected in the same manner
and upon the same conditions as to notice as herein provided
for assessment work.

Approved March 20, 1900.

Water mains
and sewers.