98S LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 446

CHAPTER 446.

AN ACT to authorize, empower and direct the Commissioners
of Denton to improve South Fifth (Avenue) street and to
assess the owners of abutting property to pay part of the
cost; to issue notes or bonds for the balance, and to provide
for the payment of the obligations, by a levy of an addition-
al tax of Ten Cents on the Hundred Dollars on all the tax-
able property of the town of Denton, Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Commissioners of Denton, Caroline County, be
and are hereby authorized and directed to improve by grading
and paving, and constructing curbs and gutters, South Fifth
(Avenue) street from its intersection with Market Street to its
intersection with the State Road at South Sixth Street.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commis
sioners of Denton be and are hereby authorized and directed to
assess toward the cost and expense of the said improvements of
South Fifth (Avenue) Street a sum not to exceed Two Dollars
and Twenty-five Cents ($2.25) per lineal foot, upon the owner
or owners of the abutting property, whether same be owned by
an individual, firm, or corporation, which said assessment shall
be due and payable to the Treasurer of the town of Denton in
the following instalments, to wit: one-third when the work of
grading is begun, one-third when the paving is 50% completed,
and one-third when the work is completed and accepted by the
Commissioners of Denton, and said assessment shall be a lien
upon the abutting property and collectible by law.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commisioners
of Denton be and are hereby authorized and directed to provide
for the payment of that part of the cost not covered by the as-
sessment authorized and directed by Section 2 of this Act by
borrowing on short term notes or bonds, or both, an amount not
exceeding Nine Thousand ($9,000.00) in the aggregate of notes
and bonds. The bonds or notes shall be issued under the cor-
porate seal of the Commissioners of Denton signed by the Pres-
ident and countersigned by the Treasurer, and shall draw inter-
est from date of issue, payable semi-annually at a rate to be
determined by the Commissioners of Denton, but not exceeding
six per centum- The bonds shall cite the Act under which
they are issued and their designation shall be '' Fifth Street Im-
provement Bonds", and their par value shall be Five Hundred