208 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 96

title "Anne Arundel County", sub-title "Annapolis", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

33. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis,
shall have power and authority whenever in their judgment
the public convenience and safety may require, to cause
sidewalks to be regraded, repaved, repaired or otherwise
improved, [and] The Mayor and Aldermen also shall have
the power to cut grass, trees and weeds bordering on or in
the vicinity of [said] sidewalks, streets and roadways and
to collect the cost thereof from the person or persons, own-
ing the property fronting on any said sidewalk, street or
roadways, and whenever the person or persons owning the
property fronting on any such sidewalks shall fail or re-
fuse to have such sidewalks regraded, repaved or repaired
or to have the grass, trees and weeds bordering on or in the
vicinity of said sidewalks, streets or roadways cut after
ten days' written notice given by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Annapolis, the said Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Annapolis may do said work as aforesaid and
may assess the cost of all such work or any part thereof
against the abutting property and may provide that the
same may be and become a lien against such property and
the City [Commissioner] Engineer after causing the work
to be done in a suitable manner shall report the cost thereof
to the City Treasurer and the said City Treasurer shall
add the said cost to the tax bill for the said year and the
said sum shall be collected as other city taxes. Notice pro-
vided for in this section may be served on the owner or
tacked upon the property.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved March 23, 1953.

CHAPTER 96
(House Bill 260)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 19 of the Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St. Mary's

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.