ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 53

CHAPTER 26.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and Council of Easton to
pave, curb and otherwise improve the streets, alleys and
highways in the town of Easton, and to provide for the
payment of the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Mayor and Council of Easton be, and they are
hereby authorized and empowered to pave, curb and other-
wise improve the streets, alleys and highways of the town of
Easton whenever the portion of the cost of such improvements
to be paid by the Mayor and Council of Easton, as herein-
after provided, can be paid from any part of the general
funds of the town not required for other town expenses.
That the Mayor and Council of Eastoii be, and they are,
hereby authorized to pay one-half of the cost of such improve-
ments out of said general fund, as above provided, and they
are further authorized and empowered to levy a pro rata front
foot assessment against abutting property owners on the por-
tion of the streets, alleys or highways improved under the
provisions of this Act for the remaining one-half of said cost,
one-fourth of the whole cost of such improvements being ap-
portioned among the abutting owners on one side of the
street improved, and the remaining one-fourth being appor-
tioned among abutting property owners on the other side of
the street improved. That the Mayor and Council of Easton
shall provide by ordinance for assessing against property
owners abutting on the streets, alleys or highways improved,
the portion of the cost of said improvement to be paid by
them as hereinbefore provided, and for the collection of the
same by the town clerk as other assessments are levied and
collected, and said property owners shall be permitted to pay
the amounts assessed against their respective properties in
equal portions in one and two years from the date of said
assessment, deferred payments to bear interest from said
date; and the Mayor and Council of Eastoii are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to borrow on the faith and credit of
the town an amount not exceeding such deferred payments
for the purpose of financing such part of the property owners'
portion of such improvements as may be required.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed in so far as
they are inconsistent herewith.