992 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 508

Sections 492-A, 492-B and 492-C, to follow immediately after
Section 492 of said Article, and to read as follows:

492-A. The Mayor and Council of Rockville is hereby au-
thorized and empowered, whenever in their judgment the pub-
lic interests or convenience require it, to provide by ordinance
for the grading, paving and repaving of footways or sidewalks
and for the grading, paving, curbing and the laying of water
and sewer mains therein, or for the grading, or paving, or
curbing, or the laying of water and sewer mains therein,
and for the regrading, repaving, recurbing and the relay-
ing of water and sewer mains therein, or for the regrading,
or repaving, or recurbing, or the relaying of water or sewer
mains therein, or repairing in such manner, at such time
and with such material as they shall see fit, of any street
or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, or any portion there-
of in Rockville, now condemned, ceded, opened as a public
highway, or which may be hereafter condemned, ceded, opened,
widened, straightened or altered according to the laws and
ordinances relating to the same; and also for assessing the
cost of any such work, in whole or in part, upon the property
binding upon such street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or
alleys, or part thereof, according to such rule or basis as it
may determine, and for collecting said assessment as other
city taxes are collected, or in such manner as may be prescribed
by ordinance of the Mayor and Council of Rockville, either
before or after the work shall have been done; provided, that
before the passage by the Mayor and Council of Rockville of
any ordinance requiring the whole or any portion of the costs
to be assessed upon the property, ten days' notice shall be given
by the Mayor in some newspaper published in said town, noti-
fying all persons interested therein to appear, and giving them
the opportunity to be heard before the said Mayor and Coun-
cil, at such time as shall be provided in said notice, and the
Mayor and Council of Rockville are hereby authorized and
empowered to provide by ordinance for the appointment of a
committee of the Mayor and Council, or such other person or
persons as they shall appoint, not exceeding three nor less than
one, who shall act as commissioner or commissioners, to deter-
mine the amount of assessment to be made upon any such
property, under the provisions contained in this Act, and the
ordinance or ordinances passed in pursuance hereof, and after
the commissioner or commissioners so appointed shall have