WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 2069

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor
and Common Council shall undertake to construct or improve
any roadways, streets, alleys, curbs, sidewalks or gutters with
the funds derived from bonds issued under the provisions of
this Act, said Mayor and Common Council shall have first
been requested to undertake such construction or improve-
ment by not less than fifty-one per cent (51%) of the prop-
erty owners whose property abutts on the proposed construc-
tion or improvement.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That before said assess-
ment is made, the Mayor and Common Council shall give ten
days notice in writing to the owners of all property to be
assessed and said notice shall state the date on which said
assessment will be made and shall warn all owners of such
property to appear at the time and place stated in such notice
to show cause, if any, why said assessment should not be
made as proposed. The Mayor and Common Council shall
hold a hearing on the day set in such notice to determine if
there be any cause why the proposed assessment should not
be made and any owner of such property aggrieved by the
action of the Mayor and Common Council shall have the right
to appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County,
provided such appeal is taken within twenty days from the
date of the outcome of such hearing.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That such assessments,
when made, shall constitute a lien upon the property assessed
with priority over all liens recorded after such assessments
are imposed, and shall he payable in twenty years in equal
semi-annual installments bearing interest at the rate of six
per cent, per annum beginning ninety days after the date of
such assessment; provided that any person may pay the total
amount of such assessment with accrued interest remaining
due and unpaid at any time. The Mayor and Common Coun-
cil shall notify each owner liable for such installments, in
writing sixty days before each installment is due, of the date
on which such installment is due. If any installment remains
unpaid six mouths after such installment was due, the Mayor
and Common Council may declare all past and future unpaid
installments with accrued interest due and payable and pro-
ceed to collect them in the same manner as delinquent taxes.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council shall keep all moneys collected from such
assessments in a special fund and the same shall be expended
solely for the payment of interest on and for the redemption
of said bonds. After the payment of all interest and the re-