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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
68. The Mayor and City Council may, whenever, in their

May pave
streets and
alleys.

judgment, the public interests or convenience require it. have
any street or alley, or parts thereof, in said city, graded, paved,
sewered or otherwise improved, and levy the whole expense
thereof, or any portion thereof, not less than two-thirds, on the
property binding on such street or alley agreeably to the extent
of such lots thereon, and collect the expense thereof as directed
in section sixty-nine; and in case less than the whole cost is
assessed upon the abutting property, the city shall pay the
remainder thereof; provided, that in estimating the number
of front feet upon such street or alley to be improved, in all
cases when a portion of such front feet shall be occupied by a
railroad track or its slopes, the number of front feet so occupied
shall not be included in said estimate, nor shall said railroad
be a sessed with any part of the costs of such improvements,
unless such property of said railroad shall be used for other
purposes than a track simply, in which case said property shall
be estimated and charged in the same manner as the property
of other parties bordering on such streets or alleys. And the
Mayor and City Council shall provide, by ordinance, for the
giving of notice by publication or by service of written notice
personally upon the parties to be affected by said proceedings,
and allowing them to be heard before any such proceedings
are had. But nothing in this section shall be construed to
prevent said Mayor and City Council from constructing any
sewer or sewers or system of sewers, and paying for the same
out of the funds of the city, nor to prevent said Mayor and
City Council from charging a reasonable sum for the use of
said sewers, either by an annual charge, or by a charge for the
right of connection therewith, in perpetuity, all of which
powers are hereby granted to said Mayor and City Council.

Petition for
repaving.

68 A. The Mayor and City Council may, upon the petition
in writing of the owners of the majority of front feet of prop-
erty abutting on any street or alley, or part of any street or
alley (not less than a block), verified by the affidavit of one or
more parties to said petition, cause the same to be re-graded,
re-paved, re-curbed, sewered or otherwise improved, and with
such materials and upon such general plan, if any plan is
specified, as the said petitioners shall apply for in said peti-
tion. After the passage or approval of any ordinance for the

Notice to
abutting
owners.

re-grading, re-paving, re-curbing, sewering or otherwise im-
proving any street or alley, or part thereof, under this section,
notice shall, within ten days thereafter, be given by hand-bills
posted in conspicuous places along the line of the pro-