HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1079

Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Baltimore
County", sub-title "Roads and Streets", said new section to be
known as Section 625 and to follow immediately after Section
624 of said Article, and to read as follows:

625. The Roads Engineer of Baltimore County is hereby
authorized and empowered to order, require and direct the
owner of any ground fronting on any of the roads, highways,
streets, avenues or alleys in Baltimore County to grade, lay-
out, dig down, fill up, pave, repave, construct, reconstruct,
repair, extend, widen, straighten and improve sidewalks and
footways in accordance with such reasonable plans and speci-
fications as may be required by said Roads Engineer. Any
work required of a property owner shall be done at the ex-
pense of the property owner after receipt of notice from the
Roads Engineer to perform said work. Such notice shall
specify the work to be done with reference to sidewalks and
footways, the manner of doing said work and the materials to
be used therein. The notice aforesaid shall be given or served
on the owner of the lot in front of which work is required to be
done on, in or about a footway or sidewalk in any one of the
following manners, viz: The said order or a copy thereof may
be served personally on the owner thereof, any tenant of the
property, or any agent, trustee or guardian of the owner, or
left at his place of residence, or a copy of such order may be
published once a week for two successive weeks in one or more
newspapers published in Baltimore County. Any notice served
or published in any of the modes aforesaid shall be deemed
and taken as legally sufficient and binding. Any person feel-
ing aggrieved by the terms and conditions of such notice may
apply to the County Commissioners of Baltimore County for
a hearing with reference thereto, and shall be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard in connection with same. At such hearing
the Commissioners may revise, alter, affirm or rescind the
directions of the Roads Engineer, in whole or in part, and
their decision shall be final.

Upon the failure of a property owner to comply with any
notice, within the time limited in said notice, which shall be
not less than twenty days from the date of service or from the
date of first publication, the Roads Engineer by and with the
consent of the County Commissioners, may procure the per-
formance of such work either with his own force or by con-
tract. The cost and expense of such work, including the cost
of giving any notice, shall be certified to the County Treasurer
by the County Commissioners, shall be a lien on said property
in the same manner as taxes; and shall be collectible in the
manner provided by law for the collection of taxes, except that