394 LAWS OF MARYLAND, [CH. 415

such bonds and the date or dates of issuance, provided that
such bonds shall be coupon, bonds bearing interest at not
more than six per cent, which shall be payable semi-annual-
ly on the first day of January and July, and provided that
such bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less
than $100. and provided that such bonds shall be serial
bonds and a portion thereof shall be retired annually and
provided further that such bonds shall be signed by the
Mayor and Common Council and countersigned by the
Town Treasurer.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council shall assess against the abutting property
and collect from the owners thereof the cost of financing
the construction or improvement of roadways, alleys, curbs,
sidewalks, gutters and flood-control sewers, such assess-
ment being in proportion to the number of assessable
front feet owned abutting on said improvements; provided
that when property fronts on or abuts on two or more
streets, the abutting front feet shall be computed for the
purpose of assessment as three-quarters of the total front
feet abutting on said improvements. When flood-control
sewers are improved or constructed, the Mayor and Com-
mon Council shall impose an extra assessment, in addition
to the assessment hereinabove provided, on all property
benefited by such improvement or construction; and said
assessment shall be made in proportion to the value of the
property so benefited. If such assessments fail to pro-
duce an amount sufficient to pay the interest and principal
of said bonds, the Mayor and Common Council shall im-
pose taxes to make up the deficiency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That before said
assessment or extra assessment is made, the Mayor and
Common Council shall give ten days notice in writing
to the owners of all property to be assessed and said
notice shall state the date on which said assessment will
be made and shall warn all owners of such property to
appear at the time and place stated in such notice to show
cause, if any, why said assessment should not be made as
proposed. The Mayor and Common Council shall hold a
hearing on the clay set in such notice to determine if
there be any cause why the proposed assessment should
not be made and any owner of such property aggrieved by
the action of the Mayor and Common Council shall have
the right to appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County, provided such appeal is taken within twenty days
from the date of the outcome of such hearing.