320 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 181

and credit of the Town of Denton twelve thousand dollars.
($12, 000. 00) and to issue coupon bonds therefor and to
provide for the payment of the same by levying a tax annual-
ly upon the assessable property of the said town to pay inter-
est thereon and to repay the money so borrowed as the same-
shall fall due.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland^ That the Commissioners of Denton, Caroline Coun-
ty, Maryland, be and are hereby authorized and directed to im-
prove by grading and paving with concrete or other durable
material and constructing curbs and gutters on First Street
from its intersection with Market Street to its intersection with
Gay Street; Second Street from its intersection with Market
Street to its intersection with Gay Street and Gay Street from
its intersection with First Street to its intersection with Sixth
Street.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the Commissioners
of Denton be and are hereby authorized and directed to assess
toward the cost and expense of the aforesaid improvement of
First Street, Second Street and Gay Street, as set forth in
Section 1 of this Act, a sum not to exceed one dollar and fifty
cents ($1. 50) per lineal foot upon the owner or owners of the
abutting property, the same being owned by either an indi-
vidual, 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 the
grading is begun; one-third when the paving is fifty per cent.
(50%) completed; and one-third when the work is completed
and accepted by the Commissioners of Denton, and said assess-
ment shall be a lien upon the abutting property and shall be
collectible in the same manner as other taxes are now collectible
in the Town of Denton as prescribed by law.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
providing for the payment of that part of the balance of the
cost of the construction and improvement of the streets set
forth in Section 1 of this Act not covered by the assessment
authorized and directed by Section 2 of this Act, the Commis-
sioners of Denton be and are hereby authorized and directed to
borrow on the faith and credit of the Town of Denton the sum.
of twelve thousand dollars ($12, 000. 00) and to issue coupon