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however, that where the property to be assessed for improve-
ments 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 assessment for the number of feet in the front of such lot,
where the said improvements abut the front of such lot, and
and in case the improvements abut the side of such a lot, the
assessment made for such improvements against the lot shall
be for one-half of the number of linear feet of the side of said
lot, not to exceed a total exemption of fifty linear feet, and
for the purpose of assessment 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 determination 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, road-bed, sidewalk, curb, gutter and
street improvements, or any or all, have been, or are about to
be, constructed under such circumstances 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 authority to adjust
assessments to be made against such lots for the cost of im-
provements herein authorized abutting such lots to such an
amount as shall be just and equitable, and the cost of improve-
ments thus exempted shall be included in the assessments 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; provided,
further, that if and when the cost of street and public alley
intersections, and the cost of exemptions to corner lots herein
provided for including the amounts of adjustments made on
account of excessive excavations, or excessive fills, for the
construction of drains or culverts, in the aggregate amount to
more than ten per cent, of the cost of the entire street im-
provement, then the amount in excess of such ten per cent,
shall be borne and paid for by The Mayor and Common Council
of Hyattsville, out of any funds properly chargeable with such
excess costs, and the ten year payment plan herein provided
for shall extend and be accorded to The Mayor and Common
Council of Hyattsville in such regard, in the same manner as
any other property owner paying assessments hereunder. 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 cent, per annum, and the principal of such
assessments shall be payable in twenty equal semi-annual