WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1963

abutting upon any such proposed public improvement, shall
be filed with the Council praying for the construction of any
public improvement herein mentioned, the Council shall, after
having given the notice prescribed in the next following
section, hold a public hearing upon the matter of such peti-
tion, and shall as soon thereafter as may be convenient,
render its decision thereon granting or denying the said
application, as in its judgment the public health, safety or
comfort may require; provided, however, that in case the
Council shall grant such petition, it shall thereupon proceed
in all respects in the manner and in the form hereinafter
provided in this section.

(B) Before entering upon the construction of any work
or improvement specified herein, the Council shall by ordi-
nance designate the location, extent and kind of work or im-
provement proposed to be done or made, the kind of mate-
rials to be used, the estimated cost of the improvement and
the real property which will be specially benefited thereby
and which it is proposed to assess to pay all or any part of
the cost thereof, and shall fix a time and place when and
where the owner or owners of the property to be so assessed
therefor can be heard in reference thereto. Notice of such
hearing, embodying the substance of said ordinance, shall be
served upon the owners of said properties by mailing a copy
thereof to their last known postoffice address of record and
by publishing said notice two times in some newspaper of
general circulation in said town, the last publication to be
not less than three days before said hearing.

(C) If after the hearing the Council shall be of the opinion
that the public health, safety or comfort requires the work
or improvement proposed to be done or made, they shall
provide by ordinance for the same and may charge the
expense thereof or any part of such expense against the
property which they shall find to be specially benefited there-
by according to the lineal frontage of said property; and the
Council shall include as a part of the cost of said work to
be assessed against the benefited property the cost of said
work embraced in street intersections and exemptions on
corner lots or irregularly shaped lots, the actual interest
charges covering the term of indebtedness on the certificates
issued for such public work and a reasonable percentage for
advertising, clerical work and other miscellaneous expenses
in connection with said work, and the items above stated
are hereby declared to be a part of the cost of said public
work. The Council shall also provide in said ordinance the
time and terms upon which payment of said assessments for
said work and improvements shall be made by said property