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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to any officer of said corporation shall be sufficient notice to

Owner of real
estate.

said corporation; provided, however, that where no officer of

said corporation can be found in the State of Maryland the

said corporation may be notified as provided in Section 2i8Q

of this Article.

218S. In all cases where the owner of the real estate is not

Owner not

known, or the whereabouts of said owner are not known, a

known.

publication of said notice for three successive weeks in some

newspaper printed and published in Queen Anne's County

shall be taken to be a sufficient service of said notice ; provided,

a copy of said notice be conspicuously posted on said real es-

tate at the time of or before the first insertion of said notice in

said newspaper.

218T. The cost of notifying any owner of real estate to

Cost of notifi-

erect and build a sidewalk or sidewalks shall be taken to be

cation.

and considered a part of the cost and expense of erecting and

building said sidewalk or sidewalks, and shall be paid by said

owner of said real estate; provided, that in all cases where a

personal service of said notice is made there shall be no charge

of more than twenty-five cents for each service.

218U. It shall be the duty of real estate owners in Queens-

Sidewalks.

town to keep the sidewalks adjoining their said real estate in

repair.

218V. In case a real estate owner allows a sidewalk adjoin-

To be repaired

ing his said real estate to get out of repair, the said sidewalk may

by Commis-
sioners.

be repaired by the Commissioners of Queenstown and the cost

thereof taxed against the said real estate, and the said amount

shall constitute a lien against said real estate, to be collected

as other taxes are collected by the Commissioners of Queens-

town, or as simple contract debts are collected, at the discretion

of the said Commissioners.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 310.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Lonaconing Co-operative

Store of Allegany County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Amending a

land, That the charter of the Lonaconing Co-operative Store of

charter.

Allegany County be and the same is hereby amended and the

following additional powers and privileges granted thereto,

such amendments to read as follows :