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assessable front feet owned, abutting on the streets where same
are constructed or about to be constructed; provided that
when property fronts or abuts on two or more streets, where
such improvements are made, or about to be made, the abutting
front feet shall be computed for the purpose of assessment
hereunder as one-half of the total front feet abutting on said
improvements.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That such assessments
when made, shall constitute a tax or lien upon such abutting
property with priority over all liens recorded after the passage
of this Act, and shall be payable in ten equal annual install-
ments from the date of said assessment, and any assessment or
part thereof remaining due and unpaid shall be enforced and
collected by the Mayor and Town Council in the same manner
as town taxes are collected, provided the Mayor and Town
Council shall give two weeks' notice to the owners of all
abutting property, by advertisement, published at least once a
week in one or more newspapers published in Prince George's
County, having a circulation in Edmonston, which advertise-
ment shall state the date on which such assessment shall be
made and warning all abutting owners to appear at the time
and place stated in said advertisement or notices, to show
cause, if any there be, why said assessment should not be made
as proposed. Any person aggrieved by the action of the Mayor
and Town Council of Edmonston shall have the right to appeal
to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland,
provided such appeal is taken within ten days next succeeding
the day on which said assessment is made.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Town Council of Edmonston, Maryland, shall give prior con-
sideration to the construction of roadways, alleys, curbs, side-
walks and gutters as provided for herein whenever the owners
of fifty-one per centum (51%) of the property, where property
shall abut upon such streets, shall petition the said Mayor and
Town Council to that effect, but the Mayor and Town Council
of Edmonston shall have the discretion and final determination
as to the construction of all of said work, notwithstanding
such petition.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the authority to
construct roadways, alleys, curbs, sidewalks and gutters as
used in Sections 1 to 6 hereof, inclusive, shall be deemed to
include the authority to resurface or to reconstruct such road-
ways, alleys, curbs, sidewalks and gutters in the Town of
Edmonston, Maryland, when, where and in the manner to be
determined by the Mayor and Town Council.