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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall, within sixty days after the completion of such grading.

paving, curbing, sewering or regrading, repaying, recurbing,

or otherwise improving, cause to be filed with the Clerk of the

Circuit Court for Allegany County a statement showing the

whole amount expended in such grading, paving, sewering or

otherwise improving and the names of the persons among whom

the said sum has been apportioned, and the amount apportioned

to each, and a general description of the land owned by each

of said parties upon which such sums are intended to operate

as a lien; and the said statement shall constitute a lien on said

property for the space of eleven years and no longer, unless

the same shall be revived or enforced by scire facias as pro-

vided in the next succeeding section.

70. Any owner or property along the line of any of said

Asking for
discharge
from lien's
operation.

improvement on any of said streets, lanes or alleys shall, within
thirty days after the filing" of said lien in the Circuit Court for

Allegany County, if he or she may desire to object to said liens,

file in the said Circuit Court a petition asking that his or her said

property may be discharged from the operation of said lien,

and upon the hearing of said petition the petitioner may rely

upon any matter which would, under the imposition of said tax.

void or operate in the discharge thereof, and upon the filing

of said petition summons shall issue from said Court to the said

Mayor and City Council and the said cause shall stand for trial

at the first term of the Court after the issuing thereof: pro-

vided that the said summons shall have been served on the

said Mayor and City Council and the return of such service

made by the sheriff at least ten days before the commencement

Time limit

of said term; provided that either party may appeal to the Court

to appeal.

of Appeals of Maryland from any ruling or decision of any

question of law decided by the Circuit Court in such trial, upon

filing a proper appeal bond. If at the end of said thirty days

no petition shall have been filed in said Circuit Court by any

of said property owners, the City Clerk shall secure from the

Clerk of the Circuit Court a certificate to the effect that no peti-

tion has been filed in said Court, and no question as to the valid-

ity of said lien upon any matter of fact or form shall thereafter

be heard by any Court in said State. Upon securing from said

Clerk of said Court a certificate as aforesaid the said City

Clerk shall prepare a separate assignment of the amount of

the lien against each separate piece or parcel of land on said

street, lane or alley with ten coupons thereto attached; said

assignment shall be signed by the Mayor of said city of Cum-

berland, and the seal of said city shall be attached thereto,