2076 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 861

revenues of said town, except as may be authorised by
General, Local or Special Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland.

473 (B). That the District Heights Commission shall cause
to be constructed in parts of the town as they may determine
to be necessary for the public benefit and future interest of the
abutting property owners, and in the case of side streets, the
property owners in the two contiguous blocks bordering on
the said side street or streets, such sidewalks, curbs, and
streets, including the grading of said streets and drainage
facilities in the Town of District Heights, the streets and side-
walks including curbs to be of such width as may be deter-
mined by the District Heights Commission and of a width
sufficient for the needs of said streets; and the District
Heights Commissioners shall assess at any time as the said
District Heights Commission shall deem reasonable, equitable
and proper and after ten (10) days' notice to the owners of
the land abutting said improvements, or, in the case of side
streets, the owners of the land abutting said side streets
together with the other owneis of land within the blocks
bordering on the said side streets, the entire costs thereof, in-
cluding incidental costs; which assessment for sidewalks,
curbs, gutters, roadbed and street improvements, or for all or
any, shall be a. lien upon such abutting property as outlined
above and shall be payable in twenty (20) equal installments,
one installment to be paid every six months from the date of
said assessment, together with interest not to exceed the rate
of six per cent (6%) per annum, and the owner of the prop-
erty assessed or anyone in his behalf shall at any time have
the right to anticipate the payment or part of all installments
of the assessment not then due, together with interest accrued.
Any assessment or part thereof remaining due and unpaid
for more than one year shall be enforced as a tax in the same
manner as taxes due the Town of District Heights, as now
provided by law. The District Heights Commission shall have
the power to make all necessary regulations to carry out the
objects and purposes of the section and the District Heights
Commission shall have full power to adjust assessments
against particular properties made pursuant to the section
where it is proved to the satisfaction of said District Heights
Commission that the assessment is, or the proposed assess-
ment would be unjust and inequitable, anything in the sec-
tion to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that
before the District Heights Commission shall make any ad-
justments of assessments hereunder, at least three (3) affirma-
tive votes shall be cast and recorded in the minutes for such
adjustments.