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the amount of such assessment with the mayor and councilmen

within three months from the receipt of such warrant and list,

and pay the sums collected, under penalty of double the amount

Shall so

count

thereof, to the treasurer of said town.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the tax on real property of

non-residents, if there be no personal property thereon, shall be

collected out of the rents of such property by attachment against

Collect.

the right and credit of the owner, and shall be a lien on such

real property bearing interest until paid.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the mayor and councilmen

shall have power to provide for laying out, opening and extending

any street or alley within the town which in their opinion the pub-

lic welfare or convenience may require; to provide for ascertain-

Powers.

ing whether any and what amount in value of damages will be

caused thereby, for which the owner or possessor of any property

through which such street or alley may pass ought to be com-

pensated, and for assessing and levying either generally on the

whole assessable property within the town or specially on the

property of the person benefitted, the whole or any part of the

damages and expenses which will be incurred in laying out or ex-

tending such street or alley; for granting appeals to the circuit

court for Allegany county from the decision of any commis-

sioners or other persons appointed in virtue of any ordinance to

ascertain the damages occasioned by the opening or extending of

such street or alley, and for securing to the person injured the

right on application within thirty days from the return of the re-

port of the commissioners to have decided by a jury trial whether

any and what damages he has sustained; to provide for collecting

Award.

and paying the compensation, awarded to any person before any

street or alley shall be so opened or extended, and to enact all or-

dinances, from time to time, necessary and proper to the exercise

of the power granted in this section; provided, that before the

mayor and councilmen proceed to execute any of the powers vested

in them by this section, at least thirty days' notice shall be given

on any application which may be made for the passage of any

such ordinance by advertisement.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That the mayor and councilmen

may when requested in writing by the owners of a majority of

the front feet of the property on any street or alley or parts

thereof in said town, cause the same to be graded, paved or other-

wise improved and levy the expenses thereof on the property

To grade.

binding on said street or alley agreeable to the extent of such lots

thereon, and collect the expenses of paving, grading or otherwise

improving the same as directed in the next succeeding section.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That whenever the mayor and

councilmen shall levy any sum of money on the inhabitants of or

owners of property in said town, for the purpose of grading,