PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. 3763

security as the Mayor and Common Council may require, conditioned for
the faithful performance of the duties of clerk, treasurer and bailiff. The
Mayor and Common Council may pass ordinance forbidding any person
from carrying firearms or other concealed weapons and such other ordi-
nances not contrary to law as they may deem proper and beneficial to the
town; may restrain and remove any nuisance; may open and close streets,
straighten and widen same, and improve the same, make crossways, estab-
lish the width and grade of sidewalks, and pave and set out shade trees
thereon, and all damage done, suffered and incurred by opening, closing,
straightening or widening said streets or alleys and any benefits or advan-
tages accruing to any person by such opening shall be assessed and deter-
mined by three disinterested persons, residents of said town, to be ap-
pointed by the Mayor and Common Council, who shall, within twenty
days after the notification of their appointment, take an oath before a
justice of the peace within said town, that they will faithfully, fairly and
without partiality or prejudice value and assess the loss and damage to
be suffered and incurred by, and the benefits to accrue to any person inter-
ested in the property over which the streets or alleys are to be opened,
closed, straightened or widened, and they shall give at least ten days'
notice, by notice inserted in not less than one and not more than two news-
papers published in said Prince George's County, if there be no such
paper or papers published, and if not so published, then by notice posted
in three public places in said town, of the name and place of meeting for
the purpose of executing their commission; and they shall, within ten days
after such valuation or assessment, return the same in writing under their
hands and seals, with a certificate of their qualification before a justice
of the peace, as hereinbefore provided, to the Mayor and Common Council
of the town, which said valuation or assessment shall be ratified or rejected
by them as their judgment may deem proper; and if any person shall feel
aggrieved by the determination of the Mayor and Common Council in
ratifying or rejecting said award or return, or in the amount of compen-
sation awarded, or in any matter relating to the same, he may appeal
within sixty days after said ratification or rejection to the Circuit Court
for Prince George's County, and either party may be entitled to a trial
by jury, and the judgment of said Court shall be final between the parties,
provided that the person taking the appeal shall within twenty days there-
after cause to be delivered to the Clerk of the Circuit Court the award
filed with the said Mayor and Common Council ratifying or rejecting the
same, and all other papers relating thereto, but this section shall not be
construed or taken to deprive or deny the right of the Mayor and Common
Council of Capitol Heights to accept any streets or alleys which may be
opened or dedicated bv the owner of the ground in said street or alleys
for the use of the public, but the same shall be deemed streets and alleys,
whether heretofore or hereafter dedicated for public use without proceeding
in the manner indicated in this section; but no street or alley given or
dedicated shall be considered to be under the control or be kept in repair
by the Mayor and Common Council and at their expense unless hereto-