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Upon failure of a property owner to comply with any
notice, within the time limited in said notice, which shall
not be less than twenty days from the date of service or
from the date of first publication, The Mayor and Council of
Salisbury may procure the performance of such work, either
with its own force or by contract. The cost and expense of
such work, including the cost of giving any notice, shall be
certified to the Clerk of Salisbury, shall be a lien on said
property in the same manner as taxes; and shall be collect-
ible in the manner provided by law for the collection of
taxes, except that such charges and assessments are benefit
charges and shall not be subject to any limitation.

The Mayor and Council of Salisbury may by appropriate
order, upon application, provide for the payment of any
assessment in annual installments not exceeding five in num-
ber, on such terms and conditions as may be deemed appro-
priate by said The Mayor and Council of Salisbury; provided,
however, that no installment payment shall be permitted
unless an agreement with respect thereto has been made by
the property owner with The Mayor and Council of Salis-
bury prior to the performance of the work.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 16, 1947.

CHAPTER 384.
(House Bill 536)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
256A, 256B(a), 256C and 256-J of Article 2 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Anne
Arundel County", sub-title "Dogs", as said sections were
enacted by Chapter 620 of the Acts of 1945, relating to the
adoption, or destruction of cats, relating to the procedure
and time within which dog licenses may be secured without
penalty and correcting certain typographical errors.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 256A. 256B(a), 256C and 256J of Article
2 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edi-
tion), title "Anne Arundel County", sub-title "Dogs", as said
sections were enacted by Chapter 620 of the Acts of 1945, be