4072 ARTICLE 17.

system may appear and be heard upon the question as to whether the public
health, welfare and convenience requires the establishment of the proposed

system.

The said Commission shall thereupon decide whether or not the public
health and convenience require the construction and maintenance of the
proposed system, and if they decide that the proposed system is necessary
for the public health and convenience they shall appoint three capable and
upright citizens of Prince George's County, not residing in the district or

area to be served by the proposed system and not owning property therein,
to be known as Sewerage and Drainage Examiners, who shall investigate
and determine the probable cost of constructing and establishing such sys-
tems and the amount to which each property owner or other person resid-
ing in said district or area is benefited or damaged thereby, and they shall
return such estimate or probable cost, damage, and benefit to the said Com-
mission. The said Commission shall thereupon assess the cost of construct-
ing and establishing the proposed system upon the persons who are inter-
ested in proportion to the amount to which they are damaged or benefited
thereby. The said Commission shall then cause notice to be given to all
persons assessed of the amount of assessments respectively so made on them
by said Commission, by publication once a week for a period of two con-
secutive weeks in the newspapers published in Prince George's County.
Such notice shall state the date upon which objections to said assessments

of benefits and damages will be heard, such date to be not less than twenty

days from the date of the return of the Examiners, and copies of said

advertisement shall be served upon the persons interested. If they cannot
be found or if taxpayers residing without the Comity, notices shall be
mailed to them at their last known address as shown by the tax books, and
the property conspicuously posted by the Sheriff of said County, who shall
thereupon return to said Commission the time and manner of such services
for which services and return he shall be allowed the fee paid for services

and return of writ of summons.

If any person or body corporate or taxpayer of any district or area in-
terested in the establishment or maintenance of a sewerage or drainage
system shall feel aggrieved by the award, report or return of said exam-
iners, he, she or it shall file objections thereto in writing with the said
Commission on or before the date fixed by the notice last aforesaid for
the hearing of such objections, and the said Commission, on the day so
fixed for said hearing, shall proceed to consider the award, return and
proceedings of the examiners and all the proceedings, in the case, and they
may modify or confirm, reject, reverse, alter, amend or correct the award,
return of report or proceedings, or return the same to the examiners for
alterations, re-corrections or amendments; provided, however, that said
return or report, after having been altered, modified or amended as afore-
said, either by the said Commission or examiners, shall not be finally
ratified and confirmed until after the expiration of ten days from the date

of such change and an opportunity given the parties interested to be heard
on such change; and provided, further, that the said Commission or exam-