616 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 236

or whether the owners of other real or leasehold property
located on said street, lane, alley or thoroughfare, or in the
near vicinity, shall contribute to said expense. The said ad-
justers shall make in writing and sign a return to the Mayor
and Council of their proceedings and conclusion in the prem-
ises, and they shall therein give the name of each person who,
in their judgment, 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 ac-
count of which the said contribution shall be paid. They shall
go before a justice of the peace for Worcester County and make
oath that they have fairly and justly performed the duties of
adjusters, without fear and 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 clerk, 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 side-
walks or gutters, or both, paved or repaved, or, that being about
to have certain sidewalks raised or lowered to the grade there-
in to be specified and paved or repaved, on a designated street,
lane, alley or thoroughfare of Pocomoke City, 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 cause, if any they have, why they
should not be assessed with the proportion of the expense named
by the adjusters, not less than fifteen days nor more than fifty
days from the date of the notice. The notice shall be delivered
to the policeman, to be served by him upon such of the persons
entitled to notice as reside in Worcester County. The notices
may be served on such of the parties entitled to notice as re-
side outside of the said county, or non-residents of this State,
by any person whose service can be obtained to serve the said
notice personally. In such case the person making the service
shall appear before a notary public and make oath to the facts
of personal service, and the notary public shall append a proper
certificate and authenticate the same by his signature and his