ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 853

place when and at which said owners will be heard. Said
notice may be mailed to the last known address of the
owner, or served in person upon any adult occupying the
premises, or in case of vacant or unimproved property,
posted upon the premises.

In case where the construction of said improvements re-
sults in an excessive cost on account of excessive excava-
tion or an excessive fill or the construction of a drain or
culvert at an expense entirely out of proportion to the im-
provements being constructed, that The Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Hyattsville may, in its discretion, exclude
from the total cost of such improvements to be assessed
upon abutting property the cost, or any portion thereof,
of such excavation, fill, drain or culvert, and to pay the
amount of the costs so excluded out of any fund properly
chargeable with such an expense; and the determination of
the Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville in any such
case shall be final and conclusive, provided, however, that
where the property to be assessed for improvements under
this Act is located at the intersection of two streets and is
what is known as a corner lot, the Mayor and Common
Council of Hyattsville, shall have the power to make an
assessment for the number of feet in the front of such lot,
where the said improvements abut the front of such lot,
and in case the improvements abut the side of such a lot,
the assessment made for such improvements against the
lot shall be for one-half of the number of linear feet of the
side of said lot, not to exceed a total exemption of fifty
linear feet, and for the purpose of assessment the short
side of such lot shall be considered the front of such lot,
and in cases where the two sides are equal, the Mayor and
Common Council of Hyattsville shall determine which is
the front and which is the side of such lot, and such de-
termination shall be final and conclusive; and provided,
that in the cases of lots abutting on more than two streets,
and of lots of irregular or unusual shape, and in cases of
lots abutting on two or more streets where in one or more
of such streets, roadbed, sidewalk, curb, gutter and street
improvements, or any or all, have been, or are about to be,
constructed under such circumstances as not to subject
such lots to a special assessment by the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Hyattsville, the Mayor and Common Coun-
cil of Hyattsville shall have full power and authority to
adjust assessments to be made against such lots for the
cost of improvements herein authorized abutting such lots
to such an amount as shall be just and equitable, and the
cost of improvements thus exempted shall be included in