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although the Mayor and Councilmen have paid the whole cost
of such improvements; and

Whereas it is just and proper that all property which may
have been benefited by such work should pay its proper propor-
tion of such cost, to the extent that such property may have
been specially benefited thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That in any and all cases where any street, lane or alley,
or any part thereof, in the town of Frostburg, has been graded,
paved or curbed or regraded, repaved or recurbed under any
ordinance, whether defective or not, which provided for
assessing the whole or any portion of the cost of such im-
provement upon the property binding on such street, lane or
alley, or part thereof, and upon the property line, track or
franchise right of any street car company located and hav-
ing its tracks upon said street, lane or alley, so improved,
and such assessments, or any part thereof, remain unpaid,
it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Councilmen of the
town of Frostburg to provide by ordinance for the appointment

of commissioners, to assess the value of such improvements and
for the levy and collection, in such manner as they may deem
proper, of a tax upon all the property binding on any street,
lane or alley, or part thereof and upon the property line, track

or franchise right of any street car company located and having
its tracks upon said street, lane or alley, or part thereof, which
may have been so improved, to the extent that such property
shall have been specially benefited by such improvement; pro-
vided, that no property upon which the assessment originally
made for its share of the cost of such improvement shall have
been paid, shall be again assessed, and that reasonable notice

and an opportunity to be heard shall be given to all persons in-
terested before the final ascertainment of the amount of tax to
be paid by any such property; and the said Mayor and Council-
men shall provide for appeals to the Circuit Court of Allegany
county by any person or persons interested, including the
Mayor and Councilmen themselves, from the decision of any
commissioners or other persons appointed to determine the
amount or amounts of such special taxes or assessments; and
in the trial of such appeals the practice shall conform as near
as may be to the practice in the trial of street appeals includ-
ing the right of appeal, to the Court of Appeals.

SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.