374 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 137

sessment for a share of the total cost assessed on such
initial or original improvements equal to the proportion
thereof, that the number of feet in said parcel abutting on
said improvement bears to the total assessable frontage on
the part of said street so improved, provided, however, that
where the property abutts on two or more streets, where
such improvements are made or about to be made, the mayor
and town council of Cheverly shall have full power and
authority to adjust assessments to be made against such
lots for the cost of improvements herein authorized abut-
ting- such lot or lots to such an amount as shall be just
and equitable, and the costs of improvements thus ex-
empted shall be included in the assessment to be made
against the abutting property included in the project, and
such adjustments as made by the mayor and town coun-
cil of Cheverly shall be final and conclusive.

209. 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 centum (6%) per annum,
and the principal of such assessment shall be payable in
ten equal annual installments from the date of said assess-
ment, and at the time of the payment of each of the said
installments, there shall be due and payable the interest
on such installment and on the balance of the principal
then unpaid, and any assessment or part thereof remain-
ing due and unpaid shall be enforced and collected by the
mayor and town council in the same manner as town taxes
are now enforced and collected, as now or hereafter pre-
scribed and required by law, provided however, that be-
fore any assessment is levied hereunder, the mayor and
town council shall give two weeks' notice to the owners
of all abutting property, by advertisement, published at
least once a week in one or more newspapers published
in Prince George's County which has a circulation in the
town of Cheverly, which advertisement shall state the
date on which such assessment shall be made and warning
all abutting owners to appear at the time and place stated
in said advertisement or notice, to show cause, if any
there be, why said assessment should not be made as
proposed. Any person aggrieved by the action of the
mayor and town council of Cheverly shall have the right
to appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County,
Maryland, provided such appeal is taken within thirty days
next succeeding the day on which said assessment is made.

210. The Board of County Commissioners of Prince
George's County shall pay or caused to be paid annually