Ch. 492 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BILLS FOR COLLECTION, SUBJECT TO DISCOUNT AND INTEREST
ALLOWANCES OR CHARGES AS NOW PROVIDED BY LAW FOR CHARLES
COUNTY TAXES ON REAL PROPERTY, AND UPON FAILURE OF PAYMENT
OF THE BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS, THEY MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM ANY
SURPLUS IN THE HANDS OF THE TREASURER AFTER SALE FOR
NONPAYMENT OF STATE AND COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES UNDER
PROPER ORDER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. IN THE ALTERNATIVE, THE
LIEN CREATED IN FAVOR OF THE ANNUAL BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS MAY
BE ENFORCED BY BILL IN EQUITY OR BY ACTION AT LAW. NO DEED OR
CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BY THE
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE UNTIL PROOF OF PAYMENT OF ALL. BENEFIT
ASSESSMENTS HAS BEEN EXHIBITED TO THE TRANSFER CLERK.

122-9. APPEALS.

ANY INTERESTED PERSON FEELING AGGRIEVED BY THE LEVYING
OF ANY BENEFIT ASSESSMENT UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL HAVE THE
RIGHT TO APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CHARLES COUNTY
WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE
ORDINANCE BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND THE COURT,
SITTING WITHOUT A JURY, IS AUTHORIZED TO HEAR AND DETERMINE
WHETHER THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTED PURSUANT TO THE
AUTHORITY GRANTED HEREIN AND WHETHER THE BENEFIT
ASSESSMENTS LEVIED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE
ARE IMPOSED ACCORDING TO LAW.

122-10. INTERPRETATION OF AUTHORITY.

THE AUTHORITY EXTENDED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BY
THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO, BUT NOT IN SUBSTITUTION OF,
THE POWERS HERETOFORE VESTED IN THEM FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF ROADS IN CHARLES COUNTY.

122-11. DRAINAGE FACILITIES ALONG PUBLIC WAYS.

A. IN ADDITION TO THEIR OTHER POWERS, THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS MAY PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF DRAINAGE FACILITIES ALONG ALL OR ANY PART OF
THE STREETS, LANES, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS OF THE COUNTY, AND
ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH ANY PERSON, PARTNERSHIP OR
CORPORATION FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.

B. THE COSTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF
DRAINAGE FACILITIES PROVIDED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE PAID BY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVIED UPON THE
PROPERTY WITHIN THE AREA TO BE SERVED BY THE CONSTRUCTION
AND MAINTENANCE OF DRAINAGE FACILITIES.

C. A DRAINAGE FACILITIES DISTRICT MAY BE CREATED BY THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH TIME

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