636 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 251

tion and service of notice as herein provided. If after the hear-
ing, the Board of Managers shall be of the opinion that the
public health, safety or welfare requires the work or improve-
ment proposed to be done or made, said Board of Managers
shall provide by ordinance, ratification of same and may charge
the expenses therefor or any part of such expenses against the
property which said Board of Managers shall find to be
specially benefited thereby according to the lineal frontage of
said property.

(e) Any person or persons desiring the construction of any
public work authorized under the provisions of this section,
may petition the Board of Managers in writing therefor; and
if all the abutting property affected is represented in said peti-
tion and the petitioners agree therein to a waiver of legal re-
quirements hereunder, the Board of Managers may direct the
construction of said work without compliance with said legal
requirements and may assess the costs thereof in accordance
herewith as though all legal requirements have 'been complied
with, and said construction or reconstruction and assessments
are hereby declared to be legal and valid as in this section pro-
vided.

(f) Whenever a petition in writing duly signed by the owners
of at least thirty percent (30%) of the front footage of all prop-
erty abutting upon any such proposed public improvement shall
be filed with the Board of Managers praying for the construction
or reconstruction of any public improvement herein mentioned,
the Board of Managers shall, after having given the notice pre-
scribed in this section, hold a public hearing upon the matter
of such petition, and shall as soon thereafter as may be con-
venient, render its decision thereon granting or denying the
said application as in its judgment the public health, safety or
welfare may require; provided, however, that in case the Board
of Managers shall grant such petition, it shall thereupon pro-
ceed in all respects in the manner and in the form provided in
this section.

(g) Any interested person feeling aggrieved by the ratifica-
tion of any special assessment under the provisions of this
section shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit Court of
Montgomery County within ten days after the final notice of
ratification of any assessment by the Board of Managers.

(h) A Special Assessment may be made payable in annual
or more frequent installments over such a period of time, not
to exceed ten (10) years, as the Board of Managers may decide.
Interest on installments shall be added in accordance with the
plan in effect for Montgomery County.