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lane or lanes, alley or alleys, or any portion thereof, in Frederick, with-
out the passage of a special ordinance in the particular case, subject to the
provisions and requirements of Section 272 of this sub-title, except as
otherwise provided in this section, whenever the owners of a majority of
the front feet of property binding on such street or streets, lane or lanes,
alley or alleys, or parts thereof, shall apply for the same, upon terms and
conditions to be prescribed in said general ordinance, and for the assess-
ment in any such case of the cost of such work, in whole or in part, pro
rata, upon all the property binding upon such street or streets, lane or
lanes, alley or alleys, or parts thereof, and for the collection of such assess-
ments as other city taxes are collected. No notice need be given before
the passage of such general ordinance, and said ordinance shall provide
for the appointment of a commissioner or commissioners, to determine the
amount of assessment to be made upon any such property, as provided by
said ordinance, and said commissioner or commissioners shall give notice
to all persons interested, as required by Section 272 of this sub-title, before
the amounts assessed against them are finally determined upon, and either
party feeling aggrieved at the action of said commissioner or commission-
ers shall have the right to appeal as provided in Section 272 of this sub-
title.

1914, ch. 327. .1916, ch. 439, sec. 236BB. 1918 Code, sec. 295.

274. The provisions of Section 272 and Section 273 of this subtitle,
in so far as the same relate to assessing the cost of the work therein pro-
vided for, in whole or in part, upon the property binding upon any street
or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, or part thereof, where any such
improvement has been made, shall apply to all property, whether owned
by an individual, firm or corporation, or by the County of Frederick, or
by the State of Maryland and also all property held in trust for State or
County purposes; and all such property shall be assessed for any such im-
provements ; provided, however, that the County Commissioners of Fred-
erick County may, in their discretion, pay to the Mayor and Aldermen of
Frederick, in addition to the amount of any such assessment levied on
property owned by them, such additional sum or sums of money, for any
such improvement, as they shall think proper.

1910, ch. 72, sec. 236C. 1916, ch. 439, sec. 236C. 1918 Code, sec. 296.

275. In any and all cases where any street, lane or alley, or part
thereof in the City of Frederick has at any time heretofore been, or may
hereafter be, graded, paved, curbed and sewered, or graded, or paved, or
curbed, or sewered, or regraded, repaved, or recurbed, or resewered or re-
paired, under any ordinance which provided or provides for assessing the
whole or any portion of the cost of such improvement upon the property
binding on such street, lane or alley, or part thereof, and such assessments
or any part thereof remain unpaid, it shall be lawful for the Mayor and
Aldermen of Frederick to provide by ordinance for the levy and collection,
in such manner as it may deem proper, of a tax upon all the property