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pay the money borrowed by said Mayor and Common Council, and for no
other purpose whatsoever.

1927, ch. 381, sec. 5.

879. When the assessment mentioned in Section 878 hereof has been
levied, the same shall be a lien upon the land against which it is assessed,
and if the same or any portion thereof, be not paid when due, the amount
unpaid shall bear interest at the rate of one per cent, per month. If said
assessment, or any portion thereof, shall remain overdue and unpaid for
a period of six months, the Treasurer shall make up a list of such unpaid
assessments and shall advertise the same in some newspaper published in
Prince George's County once in each of three successive weeks, and give
notice in said advertisement that on a date to be named therein, not later
than one month from the date of the first insertion thereof, he shall sell
the land therein named to the highest bidder for cash. All land so sold
may be redeemed by the owner thereof, or his assigns, within two years
after date of said sale, by paying the amount of taxes and all interests
and penalties thereon and the costs of such sale. In the event of non-
redemption of the same, as herein provided, the Mayor and Common Coun-
cil of Riverdale shall deliver to the purchaser thereof a deed to the said
land so sold, and the said deed so given shall be presumptive evidence that
all of the requirements of the law have been complied with in making such
sale. All assessments duly levied shall be a first lien upon the land against
which they are assessed. Nothing herein contained shall be held or con-
strued to authorize the Mayor and Common Council of Riverdale to levy
the assessments in this section mentioned unless and until the petition
signed by the necessary percentage of abutting property owners shall have
been duly filed with the Mayor and Common Council.

1929, ch. 395, sec. 1.

880. The Mayor and Common Council of Riverdale in Prince George's
County, Maryland, are hereby authorized to construct in such cases as
they may determine to be necessary for the public benefit and for the
interest of the abutting property owners, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and
roadbed of permanent material in any of the streets or alleys of the said
town; the sidewalks including curbs to be of such width as may be deter-
mined by the said Mayor and Common Council and of a width sufficient
for the needs of said street.

1929, ch. 395. sec. 2

881. The Mayor and Common Council of Riverdale are hereby di-
rected when the owners of more than fifty (50) per centum of the land
abutting on any street in the town of Riverdale shall in writing petition
said Mayor and Common Council for the laying of the sidewalks, curbs,
gutters and roadbed of said street, as provided for in Section 880 hereof,
borrow from time to time on the credit, of the said Mayor and Common
Council of Riverdale, a sum or sums of money not to exceed at any time
eight (8) per centum of the assessed valuation of the real property of the