ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 225
CHAPTER 112.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
230 of Article 21 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, entitled "Talbot County, " sub-title "Trappe, " as
enacted by Chapter 346 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, 1918.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 230 of Article '21 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Talbot County, " sub-
title "Trappe, " as enacted by Chapter 346 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1918, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

230. That they are also empowered to pass all such by-
laws and ordinances as may seem to them necessary for the
proper and thorough drainage of the town; for the removal
of all nuisances and obstructions of the streets; for repairing,
laying gutters, paving, curbing and otherwise improving the
streets, lanes and alleys of said town; for building and con-
structing gutters, curbs and side-walks and properly paving
the same, and in the event of such construction of gutters, curbs
and side-walks, they shall be authorized to levy upon the abut-
ting property a sum of money equal to one-half of the cost of
construction of said curbs, gutters and side-walks, which sum
of money shall be a lien upon the abutting property and shall
be collected by the said commissioners by suit against the
owners of said property in such manner as like debts are col-
lected by law, or by the Tax Collector designated or appointed
by Ordinance by the Commissioners of Trappe, who shall, after
being duly authorized by Ordinance, proceed to enforce the
payment thereof in the same manner and follow the same pro-
cedure as is prescribed for the enforcement of payment of taxes
by sale of real estate, including advertising, reporting sale to
the Circuit Court for Talbot County for ratification, executing
deed for the property so sold, etc., and said Tax Collector shall
be entitled to the same fees in addition to his regular compensa-
tion as he would have been entitled to receive should said sale
have been made for delinquent taxes; and said property shall
be subject to redemption by the owner thereof within twelve
months from the date of such sale upon the same terms and