WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 2077

473 (C). When the District Heights Commission shall
have determined it to be desirable and to the best interest
of the town to construct sidewalks, curbs, gutters, or road-
bed and street improvements, on all or any, in any street, or
streets in said town, they shall thereupon notify as far as
practicable, each property owner upon each street proposed
to be improved, and in the case of side streets, the owners
of the property abutting thereon as well as all other owners
of lots within the blocks abutting said side street, by deposit-
ing in a United States Post Office, postage prepaid, in a
sealed envelope addressed to such owner's last known address,
a notice and by publishing and posting said notice at three
public places within the town, setting forth therein the kind
of sidewalk, curb, gutter, roadbed and street improvements,
or all or any of them, in any street in said town, the District
Heights Commission have determined to be desirable and to
the best interests of the town to improve. Said notice shall
also contain the place, date, and time of said hearing, which
shall not be less than ten (10) days from the mailing or
posting of such notices, and notifying said owners to appear
at said meeting and express their views upon the question
or show cause, if any there be, why the improvements should
not be made and the decision made by the District Heights
Commission at or after said meeting shall be final and con-
clusive, provided the proposed improvements shall be ap-
proved by 51% of the owners of the property to be assessed
for such improvements present at said hearing or, by the
owners of 51% of the lots to be assessed for such improve-
ments.

473 (D). To effectuate the improvements that are pro-
vided for in this section, the District Heights Commission
is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow from time to
time on the credit of the town a sum or sums of money not
to exceed at any time any amount equal to three per cent
of the assessed valuation of all real property within said
town, and to issue, renew or reissue notes or certificates of
indebtedness therefor, which shall be payable within not to
exceed ten years from the date of issuance, with interest not
to exceed the rate of 6% per annum payable semi-annually
unless of shorter duration, then at the maturity of said obli-
gation, and the Treasurer of the town is charged with the
custody of any monies received from the sale of said notes
or certificates of indebtedness as above mentioned the Treas-
urer of said town shall be charged with the prompt collec-
tion of the monies arising from sidewalks, curbs, gutters,
streets and drainage improvements and shall be charged with