ART. 24.] WORCESTER COUNTY. 1151

arrange with them for the payment of the expense thereof, but
if no satisfactory arrangement can be made then they shall by
order appoint three discreet and disinterested residents of the
town, over the age of twenty-five years, as adjusters. The ad-
justers shall make a careful examination of the real and lease-
hold property in front of which the pavement or sidewalk or
gutter is to be made and also of the other real or leasehold
property on said street, lane, alley or thoroughfare, or in the
near vicinity thereof which may be benefited by the proposed
pavement. They shall take into consideration all the circum-
stances pertinent to their inquiry that may be brought to their
knowledge or that may be open to their observation, and among
other things the benefits the owners of the property 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 vicin-
ity, shall contribute to said expenses. 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 judg-
ment, ought to contribute 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 be-
fore a justice of the peace for Worcester county and make oath
that they have fairly and justly performed the duties of ad-
justers, 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 secretary, 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 Berlin, the Mayor and Council had appointed
three adjusters 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
mentioned 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