780 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 345

other street where such improvements are made or are
about to be made, the abutting feet on the side shall be
computed for the purpose of assessment hereunder for only
one-half of the length of such side.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That such assess-
ments when made shall constitute a tax or lien upon such
abutting property with priority over all liens recorded
after the passage of this Act, and shall be payable in two
equal annual instalments beginning July 1, 1935, to pay the
interest on said bonds, and in thirteen annual instalments
as nearly equal as possible, beginning July 1, 1937, to pay
the interest on and to redeem said bonds as they become
due and payable; said instalments to bear interest at a
rate not to exceed six per centum per annum, and any as-
sessment or part thereof remaining due and unpaid shall
be enforced and collected by the Mayor and Town Council
in the same manner as town taxes are collected; provided,
the Mayor and Town Council shall give two weeks' notice
to the owners of all abutting property, by advertisement,
published at least once a week in one or more newspapers
published in Prince George's County, which advertisement
shall state the date on which such assessment shall be made
and warning all abutting owners to appear at the time and
place stated in said advertisement 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 Circuit Court for Prince George's County,
Maryland, provided such appeal is taken within ten days
next succeeding the day on which said assessment is made.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Town Council of Colmar Manor shall give prior considera-
tion to the construction of roadways, alleys, curbs, side-
walks 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 petition.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That if this Act is
approved and the bonds are issued and sold as herein pro-
vided, the treasurer of the town shall give such additional
bond as said Mayor and Town Council shall prescribe.