610                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 229

and the planning and construction of all of the street improve-
ments hereinbefore mentioned, including money hereafter paid
out by the town as interest on sums to be borrowed by the town,
before the sale of said bonds or certificates of indebtedness for
payment of costs of planning and construction of the aforesaid
work.

540A. That the Mayor and Common Council of Hyatts-
ville, be, and it is hereby authorized to do all acts not specific-
ally mentioned herein which may be necessary to issue and
sell bonds or certificates of indebtedness, provide for the pay-
ment thereof, and the interest thereon, and to arrange for and
construct the roadbeds, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and street
improvements, as provided for herein. The bonds or certifi-
cates of indebtedness issued hereunder shall be the direct obli-
gation of The Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville,
and the said corporation shall be responsible therefor and the
guarantor thereof.

540B. That The Mayor and Common Council of Hyatts-
ville shall have the power to assess against the abutting prop-
erty and collect from the owners thereof the cost of roadbeds,
sidewalks, curbs, gutters and street improvements constructed
under the provisions of this Act, including the cost of
street and public alley intersections; provided, that in case
where the construction of the said improvements results in an
excessive cost on account of excessive excavation or an excessive
fill or the construction of a drain or culvert at an expense en-
tirely out of proportion to the improvements being constructed,
that The Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville may, in
its discretion, exclude from the total cost of such improve-
ments to be assessed upon abutting property the cost, or any
portion thereof, of such excavation, fill, drain or, culvert, and
to pay the amount of the costs so excluded out of any fund
properly chargeable with such an expense; and the deter-
mination of The Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville
in any such case shall be final and conclusive, provided, how-
ever, that where the property to be assessed for improvements
under this Act is located at the intersection of two streets and
is what is known as a corner lot, The Mayor and Common
Council of Hyattsville shall have the power to make an assess-
ment for the number of feet in the front of such lot, where the
said improvements abut the front of such lot, and in case the
improvements abut the side of such a lot, the assessment made