ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 817

on said street, lane, alley or thoroughfare, or in the near vicin-
ity, shall contribute to said expense. The said adjusters shall
make in writing and sign a return to the Mayor and Council
of their proceedings and conclusion in the premises, and they
shall therein give the name of each person who, in their judg-
ment, ought to contribute to said expense, and they shall also
state therein the proportion of the expense which each one shall
pay, and they shall name the property on account of which the
said contribution shall be paid. They shall go before a Justice
of the Peace for Worcester County and make oath that they
have fairly and justly performed the duties of adjusters, with-
out fear or favor, partiality or prejudice, and that the matters
set forth in their return are true as therein set forth; they shall
sign their names to the return and. the Justice shall append a
proper certificate thereto. After the return is made the town
clerk, under the direction of the Mayor and Council, shall pre-
pare a notice of the proceedings, to be given to all persons
named in the return of the adjusters, wherein it shall be stated
that being about to have certain sidewalks or gutters, or both,
paved or repaved, or, that being about to have certain side-
walks or gutters or both sidewalks and gutters raised or low-
ered to the grade therein to be specified and paved or repaved,
on a. designated street, lane, alley or thoroughfare of Pocomoke
City, the Mayor and Council had appointed three adjusters to
examine and make return, stating by whom the expense of said
improvement should be paid, and that the adjusters had made
return that (here the name of the person mentioned in said
return as bound to pay the expenses, with the proportion of the
expense to be borne by each). The notice shall appoint a day
for the persons notified to appear and show cause, if any they
have, why they should not be assessed with the proportion of
the expense named by the adjusters, not less than ten days nor
more than thirty days from the date of the notice. The notice

shall be delivered to a policeman, to be served by him upon
such of the persons entitled to notice as reside in Worcester
County. The notices may be served on such of the parties
entitled to notice as reside outside of the said county, or non-
residents of this State, by any person whose service can be ob-
tained to serve the said notice personally. In such case the
person making the service shall appear before a Notary Public
and made oath to the facts of personal service, and the Notary
Public shall append a proper certificate and authenticate the
same by his signature and his official seal. In any case notice
may be given to all persons, non-residents of said county or of