FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

and how the same shall he done and kept in good repair; they
may pass all ordinances necessary for grading, regulating, pav-
ing and repairing the streets, alleys and lanes and footways in
the said streets, alleys and lanes' of the said city, and compel
by fine or otherwise, the owner or proprietor of any lot to
pave, grade or repair the footways and gutters fronting there-
on, at the expense of said proprietor or owner, agreeably to
the ordinances of the said "The Mayor and Common Council

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of Westminster ;" and if any proprietor or owner of a lot
shall neglect to grade and pave or repair the footways and
gutters of said lot, within thirty days after notice has been
given by the mayor or street commissioner of said city, either
by publication in some newspaper in the city of Westminster,
not less than four consecutive times, to be reckoned in case of
a publication in a newspaper, from the second publication, or
by service of the said notice on the said proprietor or owner,
requiring the same to be done, the mayor and common council
may direct the street commissioner to cause the same to be
done at the expense of the owner or proprietor of said lot,
which expense, together with an addition thereto of ten per
cent, for the expense of collecting, shall be a lien on said prop-
erty until paid, and shall be collected by the tax collector of
said city, in the same manner that the county taxes of Carroll
county are now collected, or by the mayor and common coun-
cil as other debts of like amount are recovered in this State by
law; provided, however, that notice by publication in a news-
paper shall only apply to non-residents of said city, who own
property therein, and that the additional ten per cent, for the
expense of collecting, specified above, shall not be charged
except in cases wherein the said mayor and common council are
obliged to resort to legal proceedings to make said collections ;
they may also require the owner of the lots of ground front-
ing on either side of the streets graded and paved, as aforesaid,
to pay two-thirds of the expense incurred in the grading and
paving of the same, to be apportioned among them by the
mayor and common council, payable whenever said work shall
be finished; such apportionment to be in proportion to the
front feet of said lots owned by them, respectively, and the
same, so apportioned, shall be a lien upon the respective lots
until paid; and whenever payment thereof shall be refused,
the mayor and common council may recover the same by law,
in the same manner as other debts are recoverable in this
State; the remaining one-third of said expense shall be paid
by the mayor and common council of Westminster, out of the
taxes levied upon the citizens generally.

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Neglect of
owner to
repair
footways.