EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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and among other things the benefits the owners of the prop-
erty in front of which the proposed pavement is to be made
have received from the pavement previously laid on said
street, lane, alley or thoroughfare, and they shall decide
whether the owner of the property in front of which the
proposed pavement is to be made should bear all the expenses
of making the same or whether the owners of other real or
leasehold property located on said street, lane, alley or
thoroughfare, or in the near vicinity, shall contribute to said
expense. The said adjusters shall make in writing and sign
a return to the Mayor and Council of their proceedings and
conclusion in the premises, and they shall therein give the
name of each person who, in their judgment, ought to con-
tribute to said expense, and they shall also state therein the
proportion of the expense which each one shall pay, and
they shall name the property on account of which the said
contribution shall be paid. They shall go before a justice
of the peace for Worcester county and make oath that they

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have fairly and justly performed the duties of adjusters,
without fear or favor, partiality or prejudice, and that the
matters set forth in their return are true as therein set
forth; they shall sign their names to the return and
the justice shall append a proper certificate thereto. After
the return is made the town clerk, under the direction
of the Mayor and Council, shall prepare a notice of the
proceedings, to be given to all persons named in the return
of the adjusters, wherein it shall be stated that being about
to have certain sidewalks or gutters, or both, paved on a
designated street, lane, alley or thoroughfare of Pocomoke
City, the Mayor and Council had appointed three adjusters

Oath to be
taken.

to examine and make return, stating by whom the expense
of said improvement should be paid, and that the adjusters
had made return that (here the name of the person men-
tioned in said return as bound to pay the expenses, with the
proportion of the expense to be borne by each). The notice
shall appoint a day for the persons notified to appear and
show cause; if any they have, why they should not be
assessed with the proportion of the expense named by the
adjusters, not less than fifteen days nor more than fifty days
from the date of the notice. The notice shall be delivered
to the policeman, to be served by him upon such of the per-
sons entitled to notice as reside in Worcester county. The

Adjusters
appointed.