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share of the cost of such improvement shall have been paid,
shall be again assessed, and that reasonable notice and an op-
portunity 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 Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick
shall provide for appeal to the Circuit Court for Frederick
County, with right to a trial by jury, by any person or persons
interested, including The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick
itself, from the decision of any Commission or Commissioners
or other persons appointed to determine the amount or amounts
of such special taxes or assessments, and providing further for
an appeal to the Court of Appeals.

236BB. The provisions of Section 236A and Section 236B
of Chapter 72 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1910, in so far as the same relate to assessing the cost
of the work therein provided for, in whole or in part, upon
the property binding upon any street or streets, lane or lanes,
alley or alleys, or part thereof, where any such improvement
has been made, shall apply to all property, whether owned. by
any individual, firm or corporation, or by the County of Fred-
erick, or by the State of Maryland and also all property held
in trust for State or County purposes; and all such property
shall be assessed for any such improvements; provided how-
ever, that the County Commissioners of Frederick County
may, in their discretion, pay to The Mayor and Aldermen of
Frederick, in addition to the amount of any such assessment
levied on property owned by them, such additional sum or
sums of money, for any such improvement, as they shall think
proper.

SEC, 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after the first day of June in the year 1916,
and that all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act be and they are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.

Approved April 11th, 1916.

CHAPTER 440.

AN ACT to Grant a Pension of One Hundred ($100) Dollars
annually unto Cordelia D. Schildtknecht, widow of David
U. Schildtknecht, late of Frederick County, Maryland, the