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action, and a judgment shall be rendered against him, he shall,
after satisfying said judgment and upon filing with the County
Commissioners a certified copy of said judgment and the order
of satisfaction, be entitled thereafter to deduct from the pay-
ments required to be made by him hereunder to the County
Treasurer, a sum equal to the amount of said judgment and
costs; provided, that said operator shall have notified the
County Commissioners of the pendency of said suit or action;
and, provided further that at the time of the injury, disability
and death the operator has complied with the provisions of
this Act

SEC. 11. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect
on the first day of May, in the year nineteen hundred and ten.
Approved April 7th, 1910.

CHAPTER 138.

AN ACT to repeal Section 154 of the Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Allegany County," sub-title "Frostburg,"
as enacted by Chapter 255 of the Acts of Assembly of 1878,
and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 154 of Article 1 of the Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title "Allegany County," sub-title "Frostburg,"
as enacted by Chapter 255 of the Acts of 1878, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as
to read as follows:

154. The Mayor and Councilmen, in addition to the powers
heretofore granted as to grading, curbing, paving and repav-
ing and repairing the streets of said city, shall have full power
to grade, curb and pave all sidewalks and gutters which, in
their judgment, the public convenience may require, and to
cause said walks and gutters to be regarded or repaired or
otherwise improved, and to collect the costs thereof from the
person owning the property fronting on any said sidewalks,
curbing or gutter, and whenever the person or persons owning
the property fronting on any such sidewalk, curb or gutter
shall refuse to have such sidewalks, curbs and gutters paved
when and as directed to do so by any ordinance of said city,
within thirty days of the date of the notice thereof, the said
Mayor and Councilmen shall have the materials found and
the work done by the street committee, who shall ascertain
the proportion of the expenses chargeable to each proprietor
or owner, and said Mayor and Councilmen may collect the
same as other debts due the city, or may distrain the personal