834 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of property binding on such street or streets, lane or lanes,
alley or alleys, or parts thereof, shall apply for the same, upon
terms and conditions to be prescribed in said general ordinance,
and for the assessment in any such case of the cost of such
work, in whole or in part, pro rata, upon all the property
binding upon such street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or
alleys, or parts thereof, and for the collection of such assess-
ments as other city taxes are collected. No notice need be
given before the passage of such general ordinance, and said
ordinance shall provide for the appointment of a commissioner
or commissioners, to determine the amount of assessment to
be made upon any such property, as provided by said ordi-
nance, and said commissioner or commissioners shall give
notice to all persons interested, as required by 236A of this
Act, before the amounts assessed against them are finally de-
termined upon, and either party feeling aggrieved at the action
of said commissioner or commissioners shall have the right to
appeal as provided in Section 236A of this Act.

SEC. 236c. In any and all cases where any street, lane or
alley, or part thereof in the city has been regraded, repaved
and rekerbed, whether the same was sewered or not, and the
cost thereof or any part thereof has yet remained unpaid, it
shall be lawful for the city to provide by ordinance for the levy
and collection, in such manner as it may deem proper, of a tax
upon all the property binding on any street, lane or alley, or
part thereof, which may have been so improved, in proportion
to the frontage of each property thereon; provided, that the
amount so levied shall not exceed, in proportion to the num-
ber of front feet, the amount heretofore charged and paid by
other property owners on said streets, lanes or alleys, or por-
tion thereof, for said improvement; and provided further, that
no property which has contributed its proportionate share of
the cost of such improvement shall be again assessed, and
that reasonable notice and an apportunity to be heard shall be
given to all persons interested before the final ascertainment
of the amount of tax to be paid by such property, and the said
city shall provide for appeal to the Circuit Court for Fred-
erick county, with right to a trial by jury, by any person or
persons interested, including the city itself, from the decision
of the commissioner or commissioners appointed to determine
the amount or amounts of such taxes or assessments, and pro-
viding further for an appeal to the Court of Appeals.

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

Approved April 8, 1910.