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period than, shall be sufficient to collect the special assessments
provided for; said certificates of indebtedness shall be full and
complete general obligations of the Town of Takoma Park
and shall be payable first from the special assessments levied
under the provisions of this section; and in the event of any
deficiency occurring in the amount received from said special
assessment, the Council shall and it is hereby directed to make
up such deficiency by paying the same from the general rev-
enues of the town. Certificates of indebtedness herein author-
ized may be issued at the discretion of the Council and with-
out being submitted to a vote of the taxpayers,

(H) If after 10 years following the construction of any pub-
lic improvement it be necessary, in the judgment of the Mayor
and Council, to reconstruct said work or to make permanent
repairs thereto, such reconstruction or repairs may be author-
ized and directed by the Council under the provisions of this
section and all or any part of the cost thereof assessed in ac-
cordance herewith. This section shall be applicable to any
existing public work.

13. (A) Whenever the Council shall, by ordinance, pro-
vide for establishing any public park, or for establishing, open-
ing, widening, extending or altering any street, avenue, alley,
route, for sewer or water pipes, for constructing water-works,
or for carrying out any other powers granted by its Charter,
and it becomes necessary to take private property for such
public use, just compensation shall be paid to the owner or
owners thereof, which shall be ascertained and assessed by
three disinterested commissioners, who shall be qualified
voters of the town and who shall be selected by the Mayor.
Such proceedings shall be conducted by the Mayor, or in his
absence or inability to act, or in case he be interested, then
by some disinterested member of the Council designated by
him; and while in the discharge of such duty the person con-
ducting the same shall have and exercise the powers of the
circuit court for the preservation of order and enforcing pro-
cess issued in the course of the proceedings, and may summon
and compel the attendance of witnesses and jurors, preside at
the investigation, pass on the competency of evidence, and in-
struct the commissioners as to the law.

(B) When any ordinance shall provide for taking private
property, for any public use, it shall describe said property
and prescribe the limits within which private property shall