FREDERICK COUNTY. 2427

lane or lanes, alley or alleys, or any portion thereof, in the town of Bruns-
wick, now condemned, ceded, opened as a public highway, or which may
be hereafter condemned, ceded, opened, widened, straightened or altered
according to the laws and ordinances relating to the same; and also for
assessing the cost of, any such work in whole or in part upon the property
binding upon such street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, or part
thereof, according to such rule or basis as they may determine, and for
collecting said assessment as other town taxes are collected, or in such
manner as may be prescribed by ordinance of the Mayor and Council of
Brunswick, either before or after the work shall have been done; pro-
vided, that before the passage by the Mayor and Council of Brunswick
of any ordinance requiring the whole or any portion of the costs to be
assessed upon the property, ten days' notice shall be given by the Mayor
in some newspaper published in said town, notifying all persons inter-
ested to appear, and giving them the opportunity to be heard before the
Council at such time as shall be provided in said notice; and the Mayor
and Council of Brunswick are hereby authorized and empowered to pro-
vide by ordinance for the appointment of a committee of the Council, or
such other person or persons as they shall appoint, not exceeding three,
who shall act as Commissioner, or Commissioners to determine the amount
of assessment to be made upon any such property under the provisions
contained in this Act; and the ordinance or ordinances passed in pur-
suance thereof, and after the Commissioner or Commissioners so ap-
pointed shall have completed their apportionment of the expenses to be
assessed on the property binding on said street or streets, lane or lanes,
alley or alleys, or portions thereof, they shall give notice by advertise-
ment once a week for two successive weeks, in some newspaper published
in said town, notifying all persons interested therein to appear and giv-
ing them an opportunity to be heard before the amounts assessed against
them are finally established by said Commissioner or Commissioners;
and any person, including the town itself, feeling aggrieved at the action
of said Commissioner or Commissioners shall have the right to appeal
to the Circuit Court for Frederick County and to a trial by jury; pro-
vided said appeal be taken within thirty days after the determination of
said Commissioner or Commissioners in such case; and an appeal may
be taken to the Court of Appeals by either party; provided, said appeal
be entered within thirty days after the rendition of said judgment by the
Circuit Court for Frederick County.

The Mayor and Council of Brunswick may, if they see fit, provide
by a general ordinance for the grading, paving, curbing and sewering, or
for the grading, or paving, or curbing, or sewering, or for the regrading,
recurbing and resewering or repaving, or recurbing, or resewering or re-
pairing of any street, or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, or any por-
tion thereof, in the town of Brunswick, without the passage of a special
ordinance in the particular case, subject to the provisions and require-
ments of the preceding section of this Act, except as otherwise provided
in this section, whenever the owner or owners of a majority of the front