WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1765

the maturity of said obligation. The funds derived from the
sale of said bonds or certificates of indebtedness shall be de-
posited by the Commissioners of Berwyn Heights, Maryland,
in some safe banking institution in the State of Maryland, to
be determined by them, and to be subject to the check of the
Town Clerk and Treasurer only when countersigned by two
Commissioners. Out of said funds shall be paid only the
proper expenses for the negotiation, sale and liquidation of
said bonds or certificates of indebtedness and for the plan-
ning and construction of the streets, alleys, curbs, sidewalks
and gutters as provided for herein.

33C. The Commissioners of Berwyn Heights, Maryland,
are hereby authorized to do all acts not specifically mentioned
herein which may be necessary to issue and sell said bonds or
certificates of indebtedness, provide for the payment thereof
and the interest thereon, and to arrange for and construct the
streets, alleys, curbs, sidewalks and gutters as provided for
herein. The bonds or certificates of indebtedness hereunder
shall be the direct obligation of the Commissioners of Berwyn
Heights, Maryland, and the said town shall be responsible
therefor.

33D. The Commissioners of Berwyn Heights, Maryland,
provided they have the signature consent or request of at
least fifty-one (51%) per cent of the front foot abutting prop-
erty owners, representing at least fifty-one per cent (51%) of
the front footage, shall have power to assess against the abut-
ting property and collect from the owners thereof the cost of
streets, alleys, curbs, sidewalks and gutters, assessment being
in proportion to the number of assessable front feet owned,
abutting on the streets or sections thereof where same are
constructed or about to be constructed; provided that when
property fronts or abuts on two or more streets, where such
improvements are made, or about to be made, the abutting
front feet shall be computed for the purpose of assessment
hereunder as one-half of the total front feet abutting on said
improvements.

33E. Such assessments when made, shall constitute a tax
or lien upon such abutting property and shall be payable
in equal semi-annual instalments from the date of said
assessment, said installments to bear interest at a rate not
to exceed six per cent per annum, and any assessment or
part thereof remaining due and unpaid shall be enforced and
collected by the Commissioners in the same manner as town
taxes are collected, provided the Commissioners of Berwyn
Heights shall notify each property owner on the street or