EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1329

sire of said petitioners to have said road, or section thereof,
constructed or repaired under the provisions of this sub-title
the said County Commissioners shall thereupon give ten days'
notice in some newspaper published in said county of their in-
tention to take up the matter for a hearing on some certain
day to be named therein so that all persons interested may
have an opportunity of being heard and should said road or
section thereof be constructed or repaired under the provisions
of this sub-title, they shall assess one-tenth of the total costs of
same upon the abutting property according to the front foot
rule of apportionment and the amount so assessed upon each
piece or parcel of land shall become a lien thereon to the
amount of said assessment and shall be collected as other county
taxes are collected, or in such manner as the said commissioners
may prescribe, and said County Commissioners shall have power
to pass all necessary resolutions prescribing the manner and
time of making said assessment; provided, however, that before
any assessment made by the County Commissioners or its
authorized agent under this section or any resolution shall be
finally ratified, ten days' notice at least shall be given in one
newspaper^ published in said county of the date and place when
said assessment is to be taken up for final ratification, and an
opportunity shall be afforded all persons interested therein to
appear and be heard. Immediately upon final ratification on
said assessment it shall become due and collectible in the man-
ner hereinbefore set forth. Upon the filing of said petition by
said owners as aforesaid it shall be the duty of said Board of
County Commissioners to make such a request to the State
Roads Commission as set forth in Section 66 of this Article.

SEC. 71. After the receipt of such plans and specifications
and estimate by the Board of County Commissioners of any
County in Maryland from said State Roads Commission, said
Board of County Commissioners, if they elect to proceed further
hereunder, as hereinbefore provided in Section 66, shall ad-
vertise for two consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper
published in such County, and also during the time of
such publication in such County newspaper, at least three con-
secutive times in at least one newspaper published in Balti-
more City, for bids for such road building or improvement,
setting forth the place where such road is to be built or im-
proved, and giving a general description of said proposed work,
and stating that sealed proposals for the performance of said
proposed work in accordance with the plans and specifications