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property for one-half, that is, one-fourth on the property on the one side,
and one-fourth on the property on the opposite or other side of the said
street, of the cost of the same, such petition to show on its face, that it
is from the owners of more than one-half of the land and property, in front
feet, binding upon each side of said thoroughfare, in any block or square,
or the portion of such thoroughfare dividing two blocks, or running be-
tween two blocks, that is, if any thoroughfare dividing two blocks or
squares is sought to be improved, then more than one-half of the property
owners, or the owners of more than one-half of the land and property in
front feet, in the said two blocks, shall sign the said petition, or if a whole
street is sought to be improved, or the balance of a whole street from any
stated place is to be improved, then the petition must be by the owners
of more than one-half of the land and property in front feet, binding on
said whole street, or part of the street or thoroughfare to be improved,
the said petition to state the street or thoroughfare or portion of the street
or thoroughfare sought to be improved, the kind of improvement and
plainly give the names of the petitioners, and the front feet of land owned
by each of them, binding upon the said thoroughfare or part thereof sought
to be improved.

And should the Commissioners, after the filing of any such petition,
and the consideration of the same, deem that it would be publicly advan-
tageous to such a degree, in their discretion, that the said improvement
should be made, the said Commissioners by resolution shall so state, and
then they shall publish the said petition, including the signatures of the
petitioners with the number of front feet owned by each, in some news-
paper published in Cambridge, at least once in each of two successive
weeks, and in said publication shall give notice to all persons having in-
terest in the said proposed improvement, to file objections, if any they
have, by a time therein named, with the Commissioners, showing why,
or showing cause why such improvement should not be made as asked in
the said petition, and after the time named for the filing of objections,
if any filed; they shall be considered after hearings, or in such manner
as the Commissioners shall think best, and if no objections are filed, and
if filed, shall appear to the Commissioners to be insufficient, then the
Commissioners shall further proceed toward making the said improve-
ment, by the enacting of ordinances or of any ordinance for such purpose
in the following manner:

That the Commissioners shall publish in some newspaper printed in
Cambridge, at least once in each of two successive weeks, as aforesaid, a
notice of the aforesaid petition and the proceedings thereupon, as afore-
said, and the extent of the work to be done, the kind of improvement, with
an approximate cost of the same and stating approximately how much of
the cost will be paid by the city and how much thereof by the owners of
the land binding upon the proposed improved public thoroughfare, and
the said notice shall require any persons who object to the said extent,
nature, kind and cost of the improvement, to file such objection with the
Board of Commissioners, on or before a certain day named in the said