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sessment provides for the assessment of such cost or any
portion thereof.

b. No such property shall be assessed in excess of the
amount by which such property is specially benefitted by
such construction, and

c. Property owned by the United States, the State of
Maryland, or any governmental agency thereof, shall not
be assessed for any portion of such cost of construction.

528E. (108-13E) Same—Resolution proposing construc-
tion, provisions of.

a. Before enacting any ordinance for assessment for
road construction benefits hereunder the Town Council
shall propose the particular construction by adopting a
resolution which shall specify the location, extent and kind
of construction proposed, the type of materials to be used,
the estimated cost, and a description of the real property
that there is reason to believe will be specially benefitted
thereby.

b. Said resolution shall provide for a public hearing on
the proposal and shall state the time and place where such
hearing will be held. A copy of this resolution shall be
sent by registered mail, at least two weeks before the sched-
uled date of the hearing, to the owners of the property
abutting the proposed construction as listed in the records
of the Clerk and Treasurer. A summary of said resolu-
tion shall be published twice in a newspaper of general
circulation published in Montgomery County with a state-
ment indicating where a full copy of the text of the resolu-
tion may be obtained. Any interested person shall be en-
titled to appear and be heard at said hearing.

528F. (108-13F) Same—Resolution directing work to
be done, provisions of.

If, after the hearing, the Town Council shall find that
the public interest requires that the proposed construction
or any portion thereof shall be carried out, it shall by an
additional resolution authorize the Mayor to proceed with
such construction or portion thereof in conformity with
the Road Construction Code in force at the time. Said
resolution shall describe the work to be done and shall
specify what portion of the cost of the construction shall
be borne by the abutting property and what portion, if
any, of such cost shall be borne by the Town in accordance
with the provisions of the Road Construction Code in force
at the time.