ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 49

sub-titled "Cumberland," to be known as 68B, to follow im-
mediately after 68A of Chapter 62 of the Acts of 1904 to read
as follows:

68B. The Mayor and City Council, may, whenever in their
judgment the public interest road convenience require it, have
any street or alley, or part thereof in said city regraded, re-
paved, recurbed, resewered or otherwise improved and levy
the whole expense thereof or any part thereof, not less than
two-thirds on the property binding on said street or alley
agreeably to the extent of such lots thereon and collect the
expenses thereof as directed in Section 69 and in case less than
the whole cost is assessed upon said property, the city shall
pay the remainder thereof, providing, that in estimating the
number of front feet on said street or alley to be improved, in
all cases any part of such front feet shall be occupied by a
railroad track or its slopes, the number of front feet so occu-
pied shall not be included in said estimate, nor shall said rail-
road be assessed any part of the cost of such improvement un-
less such property of said railroad shall be used, or be capable
of being used for other purposes than a track simply, in which

case said property shall be estimated and judged in the same
mariner as the property of other parties bordering on said
streets or alleys. And the Mayor and City Council shall pro-
vide, by ordinance, for the giving of notice by publication or
by service or written notice personallly upon the parties to be
affected by said proceedings, and allowing them to be heard
before any such proceedings are had, but nothing to this
section shall be construed to prevent the Mayor and City
Council from constructing any sewer or sewers or system of
sewers and paying for same put of the funds of the city nor
to prevent the said Mayor and City Council from charging a
reasonable sum for the use of said sewer either by an annual
charge or by a charge for the right of connection therewith
in perpetuity, all of which powers are hereby granted the said
Mayor and City Council, and provided further that the said
Mayor and City Council may exercise this right to repave,
regrade, recurb, resewer and otherwise improve only after
the expiration of ten years, from the time of the completion

of the paving, grading, curbing, sewering or otherwise im-
proving of the said streets lalleys or lanes which is to be
repaved, regraded, recurbed or resewered.

SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 5, 1920.