WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 99

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That three-fourths of
all the road and bridge taxes assessed and collected under
State and County authority upon property within the limits
of the Town of College Park or of payments in lieu thereof
shall be paid by the County Treasurer of Prince George's
County to the Town of College Park and shall be expended
by the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of College
Park for roads, bridges, walks, drainage, and other municipal
improvements within the corporate limits.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That those parts of
the several County roads within the limits of the said Town
and all roads, streets, avenues, or alleys which are now or
shall hereafter be shown on any legally recorded plat or addi-
tion to the legally platted part of said Town as public high-
ways and accepted by the Mayor and Common Council as
such, are hereby made and declared to be public streets, ave-
nues, and alleys of said Town. The Mayor and Common
Council shall have authority to lay out, open, extend, and
make new streets or alleys, and to alter, straighten, widen,
grade, improve, or close, in whole or in part, any existing
street or alley, as the public interest may require.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council shall cause to be constructed in parts of the
Town as they may determine to be necessary for the public
benefit and future interest of the abutting property, owners,
provided, however, that at least 51% of said property owners
representing at least 51% of the front footage affected peti-
tion said Mayor and Council for said construction, and other-
wise as provided in Section 20 hereof, sidewalks, curbs, gut-
ters and streets, including the grading of said streets, and
drainage facilities in the Town of College Park, the streets
and sidewalks including curbs to be of such width as may be
determined by the Mayor and Common Council and of a width
sufficient for the needs of said streets; and the Mayor and
Common Council shall assess at any time as the said Mayor
and Common Council shall deem proper and after 10 days'
notice to the owners of the land abutting said improvements,
the entire costs thereof, including incidental costs, together
with the costs of street and public alley intersections; pro-
vided, however, that when property fronts and abuts on
two or more streets where such improvements are made or
are about to be made, the abutting front feet along the side
or sides of said property (the term "sides of said property"
used in connection herewith shall mean the two longest sides
of said property) shall be computed for the purpose of assess-
ment hereunder as one-half of the total front feet on the side