ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 739

that the said improvement should be made, the said Commis-
sioners by resolution shall so state, and then they shall pub-
lish the said petition, including the signatures of the peti-
titioners with the number of front feet owned by each, in some
newspaper published in Cambridge, at least once in each of
two successive weeks, and in said publication shall give notice
to all persons having interest in the said proposed, improve-
ment, to file objections, if any they have, by a time therein
named, with the Commissioners, showing why, or showing
cause why such improvement should not be made as asked in
the said petition, and after the time named for the filing of
objections, if any filed, they shall be considered after hearings,
or in such manner as the Commissioners shall think best, and
if no objections are filed, and if filed, shall appear to the
Commissioners to be insufficient, then the Commissioners
shall further proceed toward making the said improvement,
by the enacting of ordinances or of any ordinance for such
purpose in the following manner:

That the Commissioners shall publish in some newspaper
printed in Cambridge, at least once in each of two successive
weeks, as aforesaid, a notice of the aforesaid petition and the
proceedings thereupon, as aforesaid, and the extent of the
work to be done, the kind of improvement, with an approxi-
mate cost of the same and stating approximately how much
of the cost will be paid by the city and how much thereof by
the owners of the land binding upon the proposed improved
public thoroughfare, and the said notice shall require any
persons who object to the. said extent, nature, kind and cost
of the improvement, to file such objection with the Board of
Commissioners, on or before a certain day named in the said
notice, the said notice to state, that unless the Commissioners
should, for cause shown, determine to the contrary that an
ordinance would be later passed assessing one-half of the
costs of the said public improvement upon all of the property
binding upon the said public thoroughfare, and the balance
of the costs thereof to be paid by the city, any objections or
exceptions, as aforesaid, that may be filed, to be heard, con-
sidered and determined as the Commissioners shall deem
proper and after such consideration, if no cause shown, or
insufficient cause shown, then the Commissioners shall pro-
ceed to make the said assessment by ordinance.

The Commissioners shall by ordinance assess the land and
property binding upon the proposed improved thoroughfare.
by front foot, the amount necessary to pay at least one-half