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levy in any such case of the costs of such work in whole or in
part, pro rata, according to the street frontage upon all the
property binding upon such street, and for the collection of
such assessment or levy as other town taxes are collected, and
until such assessment or levy is paid it shall be and remain a
lien upon such property in the pro rata amount of the said
front foot assessment or levy; and the residue of said costs, if
any, shall be paid by the Mayor and Council out of the pro-
ceeds of taxes levied for general purposes or by a special tax
to be levied by them in addition to the amount levied by them
for general corporate purposes, but which said special tax shall
not exceed fifty cents (50c) for every, one hundred dollars
($100.00).

SEC. 54-K. They shall have the power to enter into a con-
tract with the County Commissioners of Carroll County, the
State of Maryland, and the State Roads Commission of Mary-
land, or any one, or two of them, for the grading, making, or
curbing, or for the re-grading, re-making or re-curbing of any
street, or part of the same, in the said town of Hampstead, and
of agreeing in and by said contract to pay any portion of the
expense of such work and improvement; and to assess and levy
the said portion of the expense to be paid by the Mayor and
Council, in whole or in part, pro rata, according to the street
frontage, Upon all the property binding upon such street, or
part thereof, and for the collection of such assessment or levy
as other town taxes are collected, and until such levy or assess-
ment is paid it shall be and remain a lien upon such property
in the pro rata amount of the said front foot assessment or
levy; and the residue of said expense, if any, shall be paid by
the Mayor or Council out of the proceeds of taxes levied for
general purposes.

Approved April 16. 1920.

CHAPTER 424.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the State of Maryland
through the State Board of Prison Control, a body cor-
porate of the State of Maryland, to sell at public auction
to the highest bidder a certain parcel of land containing
eight and three-quarters acres of land, more or less, being
a part of the Gardner tract situated in Howard County,