816 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 446

nance or by unanimous vote of the Council approved by the

Mayor.

289. The Mayor and Council may have the sidewalk and
gutters or both of any street, lane, alley or thoroughfare of
Pocomoke City or any part or either side of any such street,
lane or alley paved or repaved with such material and in such
manner as they think proper. They may also have the side-
walk or gutters or both sidewalk and gutters of any street,
lane, alley or thoroughfare or any part of either or both sides
thereof raised or lowered to such grade as they may think
proper and paved or repaved with such material and in such
manner as they may deem best. Whenever they deem it ex-
pedient, right and requisite that the sidewalks or gutters or
both sidewalk and gutters of any street, lane, alley or thorough-
fare shall be paved or repaved, wholly or in part, or that the
sidewalk or gutters or both sidewalk and gutters of any street,
lane, alley or thoroughfare or any part of either or both side?
thereof be raised or lowered to such grade as they may think
proper and paved or repaved, wholly or in part, they may
pass an ordinance requiring the said paving or repaving or
raising or lowering the grade and paving or repaving to be
done under the provisions of this section and shall notify the
parties owning the property in front of which the improvement
is to be made and arrange with them for the payment of the
expense thereof, but if no satisfactory arrangement can be
made then they shall by order appoint three discreet and dis-
interested residents of the town, over the age of twenty-five
years, as adjusters. The adjusters shall make a careful exam-
ination of the real and leasehold property in front of which
the proposed improvement is to be made and also of the other
or leasehold property on said street, lane, alley or thorough-
fare, or in the near vicinity thereof which may be benefited
by the proposed improvement. They shall take into considera-
tion all the circumstances pertinent to their inquiry that may
be brought to their knowledge or that may be open to their
observation and among other things the benefits the owners of
the property in front of which the1 proposed improvement is
to be made have received from the sidewalk or gutters or both
sidewalk and gutters previously laid on said street, lane, alley
or thoroughfare, and they shall decide whether the owner of the
property in front of which the proposed improvement is to be
made should bear all the expenses of making the same or
whether the owners of other real or leasehold property located