EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 483

real estate using the same, or benefiting thereby, in proportion
to the frontage of said real estate abutting on a street or streets,
road or roads, lane or lanes, containing the said sewerage sys-
tem or any part thereof. All property acquired by said Citi-
zens' Committee under this section shall be held for the benefit
of the Citizens of said Martin's Additions 1, 2, 3 and 4 to the
Village of Chevy Chase.

Any tax so assessed as above provided in this section shall be
payable to the County Treasurer in not more than six annual
installments, as nearly equal as may be, the first installment
thereof to become due and payable the first day of July next
succeeding the making of such special assessment as herein
elsewhere provided and to be collected as county taxes in said
county are collected and shall be subject to interest from said
first of July until paid at the rate of six per cent, per annum.
Each annual installment shall become a lien against said abut-
ting property and any such installment not paid by the first
day of January following its becoming due shall be subject to
the same penalties and shall be collected in the same manner
as provided for the collection of unpaid county taxes in said
county. All taxes assessed as provided in this section shall
be paid, over by the Treasurer of said County to the Treasurer of
said Martin's Additions 1, 2, 3 and 4 to the Village of Chevy
Chase, who shall devote such funds to the exclusive purpose of
paying for the special improvements herein provided for or any
indebtedness which may be incurred therefor.

The said Citizens' Committee of said Martin's Additions 1,
2, 3 and 4 to the Village of Chevy Chase shall have the power
to pave, grade, macadamize, or otherwise improve said streets,
roads, or lanes or sidewalks within, said Martin's Additions 1,
2, 3 and 4 to the Village at Chevy Chase, or have such sewerage
constructed as the case may be; provided, that before any con-
tract for work shall be entered into, or any obligation with
respect thereto incurred, notice shall be given to the owners
and others of record interested in said abutting property and
an opportunity to be heard, such hearing to be had before said
Citizens' Committee of said Martins' Additions 1, 2, 3 and 4
to the Village of Chevy Chase who shall decide the matters
properly brought before them. Any party affected by the final
decision of said Citizens' Committee, made after such hearing,
shall have the right to appeal therefrom within ten days, to the
Circuit Court of Montgomery County, and provided further,
that upon the petition of two-thirds of the resident property