312 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 213

fare and government of Chevy Chase View as the Council may
prescribe in accordance with Section 125 of this sub-title; pro-
vided, however, that the Council may not expend more than Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for any project or work except
under contract with the lowest responsible bidder submitting
a bid after advertisement at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation in Montgomery County of the general speci-
fications of the proposed project or work and inviting bids on
the same; and provided further, however, that the Council
may make no contract for longer than two years except for
street lighting; and provided further, however, that no such
funds may be expended for any project or work involving a
new installation of a permanent nature costing over Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00) unless such expenditure shall be
approved by a majority vote at a special referendum held by
the Council in the same manner as the annual election.

(C) No member of the Council shall furnish any supplies
of any kind or contract in any manner with the Council.

122. (A) The Council is hereby empowered to carry out or
contract to carry out assessable improvements, and is em-
powered to assess the coast of such assessable improvements
against the respective property abutting the assessable im-
provement as hereinafter provided. For the purpose of de-
termining the proportionate share of the cost of an assessable
improvement to be assessed against each abutting property,
the Council shall consider each abutting front foot as one full
share and each abutting side foot as one-half share. The
Council shall determine the amount of assessment to be levied
against each such share by either of these formulas:

(1) by dividing the total number of shares representing
the footage abutting the assessable improvement into the
total cost of the assessable improvement and assessing each
property by the amount so determined multiplied by the
number of such shares in each abutting property, or

(2) by dividing the total footage abutting the assessable
improvement into the total cost of the assessable improve-
ment, and assessing each property by the amount so de-
termined multiplied by the number of shares representing
the footage abutting the assessable improvement in such
property; in which case the unassessed cost of the assess-
able improvement shall be financed by the Council as a con-
struction expenditure subject to the approval of such ex-
penditures required in Section 121 of this sub-title;

provided, however, that no front foot shall be liable to assess-
ments for assessable improvements totaling more than Ten