914 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 456

vided in condemnations by corporations, under Chapter 117 of
the Acts of General Assembly of 1912.

And. the said Mayor and Council shall have and are hereby
invested with full power and authority to enact and pass all
ordinances, which from time to time they may deem necessary
and proper to effect the objects herein specified, and to regu-
late the introduction and use of said water and improvements,
and for the protection and preservation of its works, machin-
ery and property connected therewith.

Authority to Pave Streets.

SEC. 20. The Mayor and Council of Brunswick are hereby
authorized and empowered whenever, in their judgment, the
public interests or convenience require it, to provide by ordi-
nance for the grading, paving, curbing, and sewering, or for
the grading, or paving, or curbing, or sewering, and for
the regrading, repaving, recurbing and resewering, or for
the regrading, or repaving, or recurbing, or resewering in
such manner, at such time and with such material as they
shall see fit, of any street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or
alleys, or any portion thereof, in the town of Brunswick, now
condemned, ceded, opened as a public highway, or which may
be hereafter condemned, ceded, opened, widened, straightened
or altered according to the laws and ordinances relating to the
same; and also for assessing the cost of any such work in
whole or in part upon the property binding upon such street
or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, or part thereof, accord-
ing to such rule or basis as they may determine, and for col-
lecting said assessment as other town taxes are collected, or in
such, manner as may be prescribed by ordinance of the Mayor
and Council of Brunswick, either before or after the work
shall have been done; provided, that before the passage by the
Mayor and Council of Brunswick of any ordinance requiring
the whole or any portion of the costs to be assessed upon the
property, ten days' notice shall be given by the Mayor in some
newspaper published in said town, notifying all persons inter-
ested to appear, and giving them the opportunity to be heard
before the Council at such time as shall be provided in said
notice; and the Mayor and Council of Brunswick are hereby
authorized and empowered to provide by ordinance for the
appointment of a committee of the Council, or such other per-
son or persons as they shall appoint, not exceeding three, who
shall act as commissioner or commissioners, to determine the