EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 381

the first day of July next succeeding the making of such spe-
cial assessment as herein elsewhere provided, and to be col-
lected as county taxes in said county are collected and shall
be subject to interest from said first of July until paid, at the
rate of six per cent, per annum. Each annual installment shall
become a lien against said abutting property, and any such
installment not paid by the first of January following its be-
coming due shall be subject to the same penalties and shall be
collected in the same manner as provided for the collection of
unpaid taxes in the said county. All taxes assessed as pro-
vided in this section shall be paid over by the Treasurer of
said County to the Treasurer of the Oakmont subdivision, who
shall devote such funds to the exclusive purpose of paying
for the special improvements herein provided for or any in-
debtedness which may be incurred therefor.

Said Oakmont Citizens' Committee shall have the power to
pave, grade, macadamize or otherwise improve said streets,
roads or lanes or sidewalks within said Oakmont subdivision;
provided, that before any contract for work shall be entered
into, or any obligation with respect thereto incurred, notice
shall be given to the owners and others of record interested in
said abutting property an opportunity to be heard, such hear-
ing to be had before said Oakmont Citizens' Committee, which
shall decide the matters properly brought before it. Any
party affected by the final decision of aaid Citizens' Committee
made after such hearing, shall have the right to appeal there-
from within ten days to the Circuit Court of Montgomery
County, and provided further, that upon the petition of a ma-
jority of the resident property owners owning property abut-
ting upon any street, road or lanes to be graded, paved, mac-
adamized or otherwise to be improved under the provision
of this section requesting the grading, paving, macadamizing,
or otherwise improving of any such streets, roads or lanes, it
shall be the duty of the said Citizens' Committee to make the
assessment against the abutting property owners, to provide
the funds for and cause to be performed the necessary work or
construction to be done in accordance with the provisions here-
inabove provided.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That said Oakmont Citi-
zens' Committee shall not expend for material or work a sum
exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) without having first
advertised the specifications therefor and inviting bids for the
same, after which said Committee may purchase such material