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each day for each such prisoner; and the County Commission-
ers of the said county shall levy annually a sum sufficient for
the payment of the same, and shall have annual settlements
with the Sheriff for the same upon the presentation of his ac*
counts for the same rendered upon the affidavit of the said
Sheriff.

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

Approved April 7, 1910.

CHAPTER 305.

AN ACT to repeal Section 21 of Chapter 79 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1908 (said Chapter 79
being the charter of the town of Hyattsville, Prince George's
county, Maryland), and to re-enact the same with amend-
ments as Sections 21, 2lA, 21a and 21c of said charter, which
sections provide for the construction of sidewalks, curbs,
gutters and roadbeds or streets.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 21 of Chapter 79 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1908 (said Chapter 79 being the
charter of the town of Hyattsville, Prince George's county_r
Maryland), be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
as Sections 21, 2lA, 21B and 21c, and to read as follows:

SEC. 21. The Mayor and Common Council shall cause to be
constructed in such cases as they may determine to be neces-
sary for the public benefit and for the benefit of the abutting
owners, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and roadbeds and street
improvements, in any of the streets of said town, the side-
walks, including curbs, to be not less than four feet in width,
of brick, concrete, cement or other material, and the roadbeds
and gutters of the said streets or highways or broken stone_r
gravel or other suitable material, and of a width sufficient for
the needs of said street, and shall assess at any time as the
said Mayor and Common Council may deem proper and after
ten days' notice to the owners, upon the land abutting said im-
provement the cost thereof, except street and public alley in-
tersections, which assessments for sidewalks, curbs, gutters or
roadbeds and street improvements, or for all or any, shall be a
lien upon such abutting property and shall be payable all cash,
or in four equal instalments of six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-
four months, respectively, from the date of said assessment,
with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, and the
person assessed, or anyone on his behalf, shall at any time