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application to the county commissioners in writing, setting forth
what portion of said street, avenue or alley they want macada-
mized, graveled, shelled, paved or curbed, and they may desig-
nate in said application the nature and character of the material
that they want used for the purpose; and when the application
is presented to the county commissioners, they shall appoint one
examiner or three examiners, in the manner hereinafter provided
for, whose duty it shall be to have such street, avenue or alley,
or portion thereof applied for, macadamized, graveled, shelled,
paved or curbed, in accordance with said application and the
provisions of this sub-title of this article; and before any exami-
ner or examiners shall proceed to act in the premises, the exami-
ner or examiners shall take an oath or affirmation before some
justice of the peace of the State of Maryland, in and for Balti-
more county, that he or they will well and truly tax and assess
the benefits for macadamizing, graveling, shelling, paving or

curbing, fairly and equitably upon the grounds bounding and
fronting on such street, avenue or alley, or portion thereof ap-
plied for, and will act in all respects without prejudice or par-
tiality in said matter; after taking such oath or affirmation, the
examiner or examiners shall give at least ten days' notice in one
or more newspapers published in Baltimore county, and one
newspaper of general circulation published in Baltimore city,
that said application has been made; and after giving such notice,
the examiner or examiners shall make an estimate of the prob-
able amount of work to be done and of the probable cost of the
same, and an estimate of the probable cost and expenses of the
proceedings in the matter, including the per diem of the exami-

ner or examiners, and make a statement of the gross amount
thereof, and shall cause to be made a plat of said street, avenue
or alley, or part thereof, upon which the work is to be done, and
of the ground bounding and fronting on the same; and after
said statement and plat is completed, the said examiner or exami-
ners shall tax and assess the gross amount of the probable cost
of the work, and of the cost and expenses of the proceedings in
the matter, fairly and equitably, on the ground bounding and
fronting on such street, avenue or alley, or portion thereof, on
which the work is to be done; and such tax and assessment shall
be a lien on said property, and shall be collected, deposited, paid