2494 ARTICLE 11.

ing, or repaving, or recurbing, or sewering or repairing in such manner,
at such time and with such material as they shall see fit, of any street or
streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, or any portion thereof, in Frederick,
now condemned, ceded, opened as a public highway, or which may be
hereafter condemned, ceded, opened, widened, straightened or altered ac-
cording to the laws and ordinances relating to the same; and also for as-
sessing 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 it may determine, and for col-
lecting said assessment as other city taxes are collected, or in such manner
as may be prescribed by ordinance of the Mayor of Frederick either be-
fore or after the work shall have been done; provided, that before the
passage by the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick of any ordinance re-
quiring the whole or any portion of the costs to be assessed upon the prop-
erty, ten days' notice shall be given by the Mayor in some newspaper pub-
lished in said city, notifying all persons interested therein to appear, and
giving them the opportunity to be heard before the Board of Aldermen,
at such time as shall be provided in said notice, and the Mayor and Alder-
men of Frederick are hereby authorized and empowered to provide by
ordinance for the appointment of a committee of the Board of Aldermen,
or such other person or persons as they shall appoint, not exceeding three
nor less than one, who shall act as commission or commissioners, to deter-
mine 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 pursuance hereof, and after the commissioner or commissioners,
so appointed shall have completed their apportionment of the expenses to
be assessed on the property binding on any street or streets, lane or lanes,
alley or alleys, or portion thereof, they shall give notice by advertisement
inserted twice a week for two successive weeks, in some newspaper pub-
lished in said city, notifying all persons interested therein to appear and
giving them an opportunity to be heard before the amounts assessed
against them are finally established by said commissioner or commission-
ers, and any person, including the city itself, feeling aggrieved at the ac-
tion 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.

1904, ch. 295. 1910, ch. 72, sec. 236B. 1918 Code, sec. 294.
273. The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick may, if they see fit, pro-
vide by a general ordinance for the grading, paving, curbing and sewer-
ing, or for the grading, or paving, or curbing, or sewering, or for the re-
grading, or repaving, or recurbing and sewering, or for the regrading, or
repaving, or recurbing, or resewering, or repaving of any street or streets,