ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1045

said owners to appear at said meeting and express their views
upon the question or show cause, if there be any, why the said
improvements should not be made, and the decision made by
the Mayor and Common Council at this meeting shall be final
and conclusive; provided, however, that no improvement shall
be made under this Act on any street without the signature con-
sent or request of more than fifty (50) per cent of the front foot
abutting property owners affected on the street which it is pro-
posed to improve.

SEC. 4. The Mayor and Common Council are hereby author-
ized to make such sidewalks, curbs, gutters, roadbed and street im-
provements determined by them in accordance with the previous
section, and where work is done under contract the Mayor and
Common Council shall invite proposals for said work by ad-
vertising for two weeks in some newspaper having circulation
in Riverdale, at such reasonable cost for said advertising, to be
paid out of the fund provided by this Act, as the Mayor and
Common Council shall determine, and the said Mayor and Com-
mon Council shall in all cases, award the contract for such work
to the lowest responsible bidder therefor reserving at all times
the right to reject any and all bids received. All Contractors for
such street improvements shall give bond in such sum as the
Mayor and Common Council shall require, with sufficient surety
or sureties, to be approved by the Mayor and Common Council,
for the faithful performance of their contract. The Mayor and
Common Council shall employ a competent engineer at such
compensation as may be determined by them in carrying out
the objects of this Act, and where an engineer is employed his,
compensation to be considered a part of the cost of the improve-
ments.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, The Mayor and Common Coun-
cil shall cause to be levied against the abutting property owners
the entire cost of said improvement, each lot being assessed the
proportionate share of the total cost which the portion of said
lot abutting on said street bears to the entire length so to be
improved provided however, that wherever any street is to be
paved abutting on which there may be any property belonging
to or dedicated to the use of said town, any or all such paving
improvements in front of such property or dedication shall be
paid for by said town in the same ratio as herein applied to
individuals on the said street and to be paid for out of said
town's funds. Said assessment shall become due and payable
sixty (60) days after the levying thereof and shall be a lien upon
such abutting property and shall be payable all cash or in twelve
equal installments of six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, thirty,
thirty-six, forty-two, forty-eight, fifty-four, sixty, sixty-six, and