1742 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 917

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That fifty-one (51) per
cent of the property owners, residing within said district, may
petition the said Board of County Commissioners for the con-
struction or operation of said Improvements or municipal
functions to be made or carried on within said district. The
Board of County Commissioners shall advertise in some news-
paper published in Prince George's County once in each of
three successive weeks, giving notice in said advertisement
that on a day and place to be named therein, not later than
one month from the date of the first insertion therein, a public
hearing shall be held. After which the Board of County Com-
missioners may, if they deem such improvements a public
convenience or necessity, by proper ordinance or resolution
determine to construct, operate or maintain said public im-
provements or municipal functions, provided, the whole costs
thereof, including all incidental costs, shall be levied against
the property within said improvement district, provided, fur-
ther, that any part of said improvement district may, upon
the petition of fifty-one (51) per cent of the resident prop-
erty owners representing fifty-one (51) per cent of the front
footage affected, have new streets, gutters, curbs and side-
walks constructed, repaired or reconstructed. Payment of
the cost of the construction, reconstruction, maintenance or
repair of streets, gutters, curbs or sidewalks shall be by a
levy against the properties benefited by a special assessment
on a front foot basis, and municipal functions, such as street
lighting, garbage or trash removal, shall be paid for by an ad
valorem tax levied against all of the property assessed for
County tax purposes within said special improvement dis-
trict. The Board of County Commissioners shall, by proper
ordinance or resolution, adopt all necessary rules and regu-
lations for the construction, maintenance or operation of said
improvements or municipal functions, and, shall fix the time
and manner of payment, and all special assessments or taxes
levied by the said Board of County Commissioners, shall be
treated in all respects as County taxes, collected by the County
Treasurer, and shall have all of the priorities and lien rights
of County taxes. Whenever the Board of County Commis-
sioners shall be required to make any special assessment
against abutting land for street improvement, whether for the
construction of roadbeds, sidewalks, curbs or gutters or any
or all of them and such lot is located at the intersection of two
streets and is what is known as a corner lot, the Board of
County Commissioners shall have the power to make an as-
sessment for the number of feet in the front of such lot, where
the said improvement abuts on the front of such lot, and in
case the improvement abuts on the side of such a lot, the as-
sessment made for such improvement against the lot shall be