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or for the enforcement of any lien therefor may, if in-
stituted within the period herein above prescribed, be
prosecuted as if this section had never been passed, and
any judgment or decree therein may be enforced or re-
newed as other judgments or decrees.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the first day of June, 1933.

Approved April 21, 1933.

CHAPTER 451.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
538 of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Prince George's
County, " sub-title "Hyattsville, " sub-heading "Street
Improvements, " relating to the making of permanent
street, sidewalk and curb improvements in Hyattsville.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 538 of Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Prince George's County, " sub-title "Hyattsville, " sub-
heading "Street Improvements, " be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

538. The Mayor and Common Council shall cause to be
constructed in such cases as they may determine to be
necessary for the public benefit, and for the interest of the
abutting owners, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and roadbed
and street improvements, in any of the streets of said town,
the sidewalks including curbs, to be not less than four feet
in width, of brick, concrete, cement or other material, and
the roadbeds and gutters of the said streets or high ways
of broken stone, gravel or other suitable material, and of
a width sufficient for the needs of said street, provided that
before any permanent street, sidewalk and/or curb im-
provement shall be made under the provisions of this sec-
tion, the Mayor and Common Council shall obtain from the
owners of record of more than fifty per cent of the prop-
erty abutting upon said street, sidewalk and/or curb their
written approval of said permanent improvement and/or
improvements; and the Mayor and Common Council shall