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Dollars (f 10.00) and that no side foot shall be liable to assess-
ments for assessable improvements totaling more than Fve
Dollars ($5.00).

(B) Assessments levied under this section shall be payable
to the County Treasurer in not more than twenty annual in-
stallments as nearly equal as may be, the first installment
thereof to become due and payable the first day of July next
succeeding the levying of such assessment. All assessments
shall be collected as county taxes are collected in the County
and shall be subject to the same interest and penalties as ap-
plied to county real property taxes. Each annual installment
shall become a lien against the assessed property, which shall
be subject to liquidation in the same manner as a lien against
the property resulting from failure to pay county real property
taxes.

(C) All moneys collected by the County Treasurer from
such special assessments shall be paid over to the Secretary-
Treasurer, who shall cause such funds to be used for the ex-
clusive purpose of paying for the assessable improvements for
which the assessments were levied, or for any expenditures
which may be incurred in connection therewith.

123. For the purpose of making assessable improvements
which have been approved in accordance with Sections 122
and 124 of this sub-title, the Council is hereby authorized and
empowered to borrow money and otherwise contract indebted-
ness and obligate Chevy Chase View in amounts not exceeding
Ten Dollars ($10.00) per front foot and Five Dollars ($5.00)
per side foot abutting such assessable improvements. For the
purpose of this section Chevy Chase View shall be and hereby
is constituted a corporation and the Council is empowered
to act for the corporation.

124. (A) Before and special assessment as provided for in
Section 122 of this sub-title may be imposed, the Council shall
first obtain the approval of the County Commissioners for the
improvement sought to be carried out. Further, before any
such special assessment may be imposed, and before any in-
debtedness or obligation may be incurred or contract for work
entered into, as provided for in Section 123 of this sub-title, the
Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed assessable
improvement and shall mail notice of such hearing to the
owners of record of the property abutting the proposed
assessable improvement and shall advertise such notice at
least once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation in Montgomery County, the last inser-
tion of such advertisement being not less than ten days in
advance of such hearing.