1224                      LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 492

said cost shall be charged against the next adjacent property on
both sides of said right of way more than 1,600 feet and within
2,400 feet of said right of way, provided that no benefit assess-
ments; shall be assessed under the provisions of this Act against
property located on the northeast side of the Brookeville Pike,
provided, however, that no special assessment for construction
or purchase of the right of way for this proposed road shall be
levied against any property within the town limits of Kensing-
ton or any property located between the northern boundary of
the Town of Kensington and the northern boundary of the prop-
erty of Charles W. Hurdle, which northern boundary of the
property of Charles W. Hurdle may also be designated as the
southern boundary of the property known as the Perry Farm,
both of which properties are mentioned herein, and that all
highway construction and cost of rights of way between the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the northern boundary of the
said Hurdle property shall be paid from the general road con-
struction funds of either the State of Maryland, Montgomery
County, or the Eastern Suburban District of Montgomery
County.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted.. That the assessments
authorized in Section 2 hereof shall be payable in ten equal in-
stallments and deferred payments shall bear interest at the rate
a,s determined by the County Commissioners, but not to exceed
6% per annum. Assessments- so levied shall for all purposes of
collection, be treated as county taxes, shall bear the same pen-
alties and be advertised in the same manner as and with county
taxes and all property subject to said assessments shall, if de-
fault occur in the payment thereof, be sold for the same at the
same time and in the same manner as property is sold for county
taxes, and all of the law relating to the collection of county
taxes so far as the same is applicable shall relate to the collec-
tion of the said assessments. No property redeemed from a.
county tax sale and no property sold by the County Commis-
sioners after a final tax sale shall be redeemed or sold except
upon the payment of the said assessments due thereon.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the County Commis-
sioners, to carry out the provisions of this Act, are herby given
power and authority to issue and sell certificates'of indebtedness
which shall be issued for no longer period than shall be sufficient
to collect the special assessments provided for in Section 3 of
this Act. The said certificates of indebtedness are hereby de-
clared to be .general obligations of Montgomery County and the
County Commissioners, in the event of any deficiency in the
special assessments, are hereby directed to levy against the
assessable property in Election District No. 13 of Montgomery