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assessment shall be made and warning all abutting owners
to appear at the time and place stated in said advertise-
ment or notices, to show cause, if any there be, why said
assessment should not be made as proposed. Any person
aggrieved by the action of the Mayor and Town Council
of Colmar Manor shall have the right to appeal to the Cir-
cuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland, pro-
vided such appeal is taken within ten days next succeed-
ing the day on which said assessment is made.

257F. The Mayor and Town Council of Colmar Manor
shall give prior consideration to the construction of road-
ways, alleys, curbs, sidewalks and gutters as provided for
herein whenever the owners of fifty-one per centum (51%)
of the property, where property shall abut upon such
streets, shall petition the said Mayor and Town Council to
that effect, but the Mayor and Town Council of Colmar
Manor shall have the discretion and final determination
as to the streets to be improved, notwithstanding such peti-
tions.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions
of this Act shall not become effective until the same shall
be submitted to and approved by a majority of the quali-
fied voters of Colmar Manor voting thereon. This Act shall
be submitted at the regular town election to be held on the
first Monday in July, 1935. There shall be printed on the
official ballots to be used at said election in Capital Letters
the words "Charter Amendment Authorizing Street Im-
provement Bonds Not Exceeding 8% of the Assessed Valu-
ation of Property in Town of Colmar Manor, " and under-
neath this caption on separate lines a square or box to the
right of and opposite the words "For Charter Amendment"
and a corresponding square or box to the right of and
opposite the words "Against Charter Amendment, " so that
the voters shall be able to designate by a cross mark in
the proper square or box his or her decision for or against
said Charter Amendment. If a majority of the votes cast
on said question shall be "For Charter Amendment, " then
this Act shall be in full force and effect; but if a majority
of the votes cast thereon shall be "Against Charter Amend-
ment, " then this Act shall be null and void and of no effect
whatever.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1935.

Approved May 17, 1935.