PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 881

intentions, or by personal service of said notice to the owner,
to have said footways or sidewalks paved, repaved or repaired,
as the case may be; and in case said footways or sidewalks in
front of said grounds or premises as set out in said notice shall
not be paved, repaved or repaired within the time specified in
said notice published as aforesaid, the said County Commis-
sioners shall appoint one examiner or three examiners, as
the case may be, to take charge of and have said
footways or sidewalks paved, repaved or repaired; but the
said examiner or examiners, before .proceeding so to do, shall
make an estimate of the probable cost of said paving, repaving
or repairing, including all the expenses attending the said mat-
ter; and said costs and expenses shall be collected in manner
following, viz: the whole amount estimated by the said exami-
ner or examiners to be necessary shall be assessed pro rata on
all the ground bounding and fronting on said footways and
sidewalks, and except when said footways or sidewalks cross
open streets or thoroughfares, which shall be paid by the
County Commissioners of Baltimore County, out of the general
tax levy of said County; the same shall be a lien thereon until
paid, and shall be collected as provided for the collections of
other assessments for the opening of streets, avenues or alleys
in Baltimore County. After all the assessments shall have
been collected by said examiner or examiners, he or they shall
advertise for sealed proposals for the grading, paving or re-
paving of said footways or sidewalks; and said advertisement
shall be in the same manner as provided for in this sub-title
of this Article regulating- the opening and condemning of
streets and avenues; and the awarding of the contract, and
grading and construction of said footways or sidewalks shall
be regulated as provided therein.

406. The County Commissioners shall cause a copy of the
notice or order aforesaid to be given or served on the owner
of the lot in front of which a footway or sidewalk is required
to be filled up, dug down, paved, repaved or repaired, in
the following manner, viz: the said order or copy thereof,
may be left at any house on such lot, or may be served
personally on the owner thereof, his tenants, agents or
guardians, or left at his residence; or a copy of such order
may be published once a week for three successive weeks, in one
or more newspapers published in Baltimore County, and once
a week for three successive weeks in one or more newspapers
published in Baltimore City; and any notice served or pub-