DORCHESTER COUNTY. 2199

The notice shall contain a statement that the Commissioners deem it
just, right and expedient, and for the promotion of the welfare of the
city, that the sidewalk or gutter, either or both, as the case may be, shall
be paved or repaved as the case may be, in front of or binding upon the
property of owner or owners to whom the notice is given, briefly describ-
ing the property, as to its location with reference to such sidewalk or
gutter to be improved, the said notice to state the width and length of
the proposed improvement and such other description of the work to be
done as shall be reasonable and proper, to identify the same and the kind
quality and character of material to be used.

The said notice shall state that the said owner or owners shall show
cause, if any they have, why the said improvement should not be made,

to the Commissioners within fifteen days from the date of the service of
the said notice, any owner upon whom the said notice shall be served,
shall be heard at any meeting of the Board of Commissioners, held within
the said fifteen days, or such owner may make protest to the clerk within
the fifteen days and such protest shall be heard and considered by the
board at its first meeting after such protest is filed, and if no cause, or
insufficient cause is shown by such owner, then the Commissioners shall
proceed to make or have made the said improvement by passing an order
that the improvement shall be made, a copy of which order shall be left
with the said owner of the property, the order shall require the said im-
provement to be made and finished within thirty days from the date of
service thereof, and should the said owner fail or neglect to make the said
improvement within the said period of thirty days, then the Commis-
sioners shall proceed to have the same made in manner following:

They shall first secure measurements of the work to be done. They
shall next advertise for bids to do the work, the advertisement to be given
reasonable publication in a newspaper published in Cambridge, giving
notice of the place to be improved, the extent of the improvement, the
kind, class or type of improvement, the amount, quality and quantity of
the material to be used and any other necessary specifications of the work,
inviting sealed bids to do the same to be filed with the Commissioners at
a time named in the advertisement.

Upon the opening and consideration of the bids for the work, the Com-
missioners may accept any bid, or, if they think all of the bids are too
high, the Commissioners may reject them all, and have the work done
under their direction.

The cost of such improvement shall, as soon as the improvement is
finished, then become a lien upon the land and property in front of which
or binding upon which the said improvement has been made, and the said
lien shall be of the same nature as the lien upon all property within the
corporate limits of Cambridge of city taxes, required by law to be levied
by the Commissioners in the month of July of each year.

After the said improvement is finished, a statement of the cost thereof
and the amount of the lien therefor, as aforesaid, shall be served upon
the said owner or owners, requiring the same to be paid within four-