1316 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 539

have a right to appeal therefrom within twenty (20) days
to the Circuit Court of Wicomico County, on all matters
pertaining to such assessments. Such assessments shall
be due and payable in equal semi-annual installments, the
number to be determined by the Commissioners but in no
event to exceed ten payments. The first installment thereof
to become due and payable sixty (60) days next succeeding
the date of notice of such special assessment. Said special
assessment shall be collected in the same manner provided
by law for the collection of delinquent taxes, and shall
bear the same interest and penalties.

150. All money received on account of said special
assessment shall be treated as a special fund and shall
be kept in a separate account and fund and shall not be
expended for any purpose other than the liquidation and
redemption of bonds or other evidence of debt, that after
the payment of any indebtedness, the surplus, if any, in
such special fund or account to be transferred to the gen-
eral fund of the Commissioners of Mardela Springs.

151. In all cases where the property to be assessed for
public improvements, under the provisions of this section,
is located at the intersection of two streets, and in case
the improvements are extended along the side of said
property, the Commissioners of Mardela Springs, in addi-
tion to the assessment made for such improvements along
the front of said property shall make such further assess-
ment for the benefit and improvements along the side of
said property. In all cases in which the question shall
arise as to the street upon which the said property may
front, the decision of the Commissioners in regard thereto
shall be final and conclusive. The said Commissioners are
hereby authorized to make reasonable adjustments and
allowances in assessing benefits which in their judgment
are equitable, fair and just in such cases, as may be neces-
sary to prevent the working of undue and unnecessary
hardships. The provisions of this section or any other
section relating to assessments for improvements shall not
apply to maintenance of improvements, for which there
shall be no special assessment made.

152. (Ordinances—Penalties) The style of all ordi-
nances shall be "Be it enacted and ordained by the Com-
missioners of Mardela Springs." All actions and prosecu-
tion for the violations of any rules, ordinances, regulations,
shall be instituted in the name of the Commissioners of
Mardela Springs against offending parties, and all fines