ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  611

for such improvements against the lot shall be for one-half of
the number of linear feet of the side of such lot, not to exceed a
total exemption of fifty linear feet, and for the purpose of as-
sessment the short side of such lot shall be considered the front
of such lot, and in cases where the two sides are equal The
Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville shall determine
which is the front and which is the side of such lot, and such de-
termination shall be final and conclusive; and provided that in
the cases of lots abutting on more than two streets, and of lots of
irregular or unusual shape, and in cases of lots abutting on two
or more streets where in one or more of such streets, roadbed,
sidewalk, curb, gutter and street improvements, or any or all,
have been, or are about to be, constructed under such circum-
stances as not to subject such lots to a special assessment by The
Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville, The Mayor and
Common Council of Hyattsville shall have full power and au-
thority to adjust assessments to be made against such lots for the
cost of improvements herein authorized abutting such lots to
such an amount as shall be just and equitable, and the cost of
improvements thus exempted shall be included in the assess-
ments to be made against the abutting property included in the
project, and such adjustments as made by The Mayor and
Common Council of Hyattsville shall be final and conclusive.
Such assessments when made shall constitute a tax lien upon
such abutting property, and shall bear interest at a rate not
to exceed six per centum per annum, and the principal of such
assessments shall be payable in twenty equal semi-annual in-
stallments from the date of said assessment and at the time
of the payment of each of the said installments there shall be
due and payable the interest on such installment and on the
balance of the principal then unpaid, and the owner or owners
of any property assessed or anyone on his or their behalf shall
at any time have the right to anticipate by payment all install-
ments, with interest to date, of the assessment not then due,
and any assessment or part thereof remaining due and unpaid
shall be enforced and collected by The Mayor and Common
Council of Hyattsville in the same manner as special assess-
ments are now enforced and collected as now or hereafter
prescribed and required by law; and the treasurer of said town
is charged with the custody of any moneys received from the
sale of said bonds, certificates of indebtedness as above men-
tioned and with the prompt collection and safe keeping of the
moneys arising from assessments upon roadbeds, sidewalks,