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published in said county any person interested in or aggrieved by said
assessment shall have thirty days from the date of said notice of said as-
sessment in which to file objections to his, her or their assessments with
the Mayor and City Council, and shall be entitled to a hearing before said
Mayor and City Council, and have the right of appeal from its decisions
within ten days after said decision is made to the next term of the Circuit
Court for Prince George's County, and shall have the right to a jury trial
in said Court, upon giving bond with good and sufficient security for
double the amount of said assessment complained of; and if no appeal be
entered and bond given as aforesaid, or upon the dismissal of said appeal,
said assessment shall be final.

1894, ch. 545, sec. 246P. 1912 Code, sec. 412.

669. If any official officer or agent of said town shall apply any part
of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds to any other purpose than those
hereinbefore provided, or direct any part of said sinking funds to any
other purpose than those for which they are created, he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, either upon presentment and indictment by the
Circuit Court or on trial before a justice of the peace of said county, he
shall be imprisoned not exceeding two years in the House of Correction,
or fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dol-
lars, in the discretion of said Court or of said justice of the peace.

1894, oh. 545, sec. 246Q. 1912 Code, sec. 413.

670. The Mayor and City Council of Laurel is hereby authorized and
empowered to pass all ordinances necessary to carry out and in full effect
the above provisions of this Act, and to employ all necessary and skilled
agents to plan and supervise said work, and to do all the necessary things
in relation thereto, and to accomplish the same; and all work provided to be
done under the provisions of this Act shall be done by contract, after ad-
vertisements for bids with specifications, and the contractor shall give bond
to the Mayor and City Council of Laurel, with good and sufficient security
or securities, in double the amount of the contract, for the faithful per-
formance of the contract according to the plans and specifications.

1898, oh. 70, sec. 1. 1912 Code, sec. 414.

671. The Mayor and City Council of Laurel, on the written request
of a majority of the owners of property per front foot on any street in
the town of Laurel desiring to have said sidewalks on such streets, shall
have the power and is hereby authorized to improve such street with brick
or other permanent sidewalks and curbing, in the discretion of said Mayor
and City Council; that all such work shall be done by contracts, bids to
be received upon written specifications and the contract to be awarded to
the lowest responsible bidder, who shall give a good and sufficient bond for
the faithful performance of the contract.

1898, ch. 70, sec. 2. 1912 Code, sec. 415.

672. Upon completion of the work the said Mayor and City Council
shall assess the whole cost thereof against the owners of the property abut-