118 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 63

plan to this issue, if so issued, to be determined by the Mayor
and City Council.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the bonds hereby
authorized to be issued shall be exempt from state, county and
municipal taxation.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the bonds issued
hereunder shall be the direct obligation of the said town, and
the said town shall be responsible for the payment therefor.
That for the purpose of redeeming said bonds and paying the
interest thereon, the Mayor and City Council are hereby author-
ized to levy on all property situated in the town limits of said
town such a sum as may be necessary to pay the interest on
said bonds and to create a sinking fund sufficient to pay all of
said bonds as they mature, said tax herein authorized to be in
addition to all taxes now authorized by law. The said sink-
ing fund to be kept separate from all other town funds and used
for no other purpose than for the payment of said bonds.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City
Council shall Lave power to assess upon and collect from the
abutting property where roads are improved by hard-surfac-
ing, if the hard-surface extends from curb to curb, one-third
the cost thereof shall be charged to each side thereof, and if the
hard-surface is no more than sixteen (16) feet in width, one-
tenth (1/10) of the cost thereof shall be charged each side there-
of. When, however, roads are originally hard-surfaced for not
more than sixteen (16) feet in width and it is later determined
by the Mayor and City Council to extend the hard-surfacingr
to the curbs thereof, the Mayor and City Council shall have
power to assess upon and collect from the abutting property the
total cost of extending the said hard-surfacing, the owner of said
abutting real estate being assessed in proportion to the number
of assessable front feet owned abutting on the roads so improved
by hard-surfacing.

SEC. 8 And be it further enacted, That such assessments
when made, shall constitute a tax or lien upon such abutting
property, with priority over all liens recorded after the passage
of this Act; provided the Mayor and City Council shall give
two weeks' notice to the owners of all abutting property, by ad-
vertisement, published at least once a week, in a newspaper
published in said town or by notices posted in at least three
public places in said town, which advertisement or posted no-
tices shall state the date on which such assessment shall be made