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of assessable front feet owned, abutting on the streets where
same are constructed or are about to be constructed or recon-
structed, 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 feet
abutting on said improvements.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That such assessment
when made shall constitute a tax or lien upon such abutting
property with priority over all recorded liens, and shall be
payable in ten (10) equal installments from the date of said
assessment, said installments to bear interest at a rate not to
exceed six per cent per annum (6%); and any assessment or
part thereof remaining due and unpaid shall be enforced and
collected by the District Heights Commission in the same man-
ner as town taxes are collected, provided the District Heights
Commission 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, Maryland, which has a circulation in the Town of Dis-
trict Heights, 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 advertise-
ment or notice, to show cause, if any there be, why said assess-
ment should not be made as proposed. Any person aggrieved
by the action of the District Heights Commission shall have
the right to appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County, Maryland, provided such appeal is taken within ten
(10) days next succeeding the day on which said assessment is
made.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the District Heights
Commission shall give prior consideration to the construction
or reconstruction of streets, roadways, alleys, curbs, sidewalks,
gutters and storm water sewers as provided for herein when-
ever the owners of fifty-one per centum (51%) of the property,
where property shall abut upon such streets, shall petition the
said District Heights Commission to that effect, but the Dis-
trict Heights Commission shall have the discretion and final
determination as to the construction or reconstruction of all
of said work notwithstanding such petition.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act and any
bonds or certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder shall be
exempt from the provisions of Sections 33 to 36, inclusive, of
Article 31, " of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939).