28 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 11

ments to bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per centum
per annum, and any assessment or part thereof remaining
due and unpaid shall be enforced and collected by the Mayor
and Town Council in the same manner as town taxes are
collected, provided the Mayor and Town Council shall give
two weeks' notice to the owners of all abutting property,
by advertisement, published at least once a week in one or
more newspapers published in Prince George's County, hav-
ing a circulation in Edmonston, which advertisement shall
state the date on which such assessment shall be made and
warning all abutting owners to appear at the time and place
stated in said advertisement or notice, to show cause, if any
there be, why said assessment should not be made as pro-
posed. Any person aggrieved by the action of the Mayor
and Town Council of Edmonston shall have the right to ap-
peal to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Mary-
land, provided such appeal is taken within ten days next
succeeding the day on which said assessment is made.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Town Council of Edmonston, Maryland, shall give prior
consideration to the construction of roadways, alleys, curbs,
sidewalks and gutters as provided for herein whenever the
owners of fifty-one per centum (51%) of the property, where
property shall, abut upon such streets, shall petition the
said Mayor and Town Council to that effect, but the Mayor
and Town Council of Edmonston shall have the discretion
and final determination as to the construction of all of said
work, notwithstanding such petition.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the authority to
construct roadways, alleys, curbs, sidewalks and gutters as
used in Sections 1 to 6 hereof, inclusive, shall be deemed
to include the authority to resurface or to reconstruct such
roadways, alleys, curbs, sidewalks and gutters in the Town
of Edmonston, Maryland, when, where and in the manner
to be determined by the Mayor and Town Council.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved November 10, 1947.