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the giving of such notice the Mayor and Common Council
of Riverdale may recover the costs by civil action, or may
fix a date for a hearing to determine whether the costs
should be assessed against the property as a special tax.
Notice of such hearing shall be posted on the property and
sent by registered mail to the last known address of the
person in whose name the property is assessed for taxation.
If the name of the owner of the property be unknown, or the
owner be a non-resident of Prince George's County, notice
of the proposed assessment and of the date and place of the
hearing shall be published once a week for three consecu-
tive weeks in some newspaper having general circulation
in the County. At the hearing, unless good cause to the
contrary be shown, the Mayor and Common Council shall
have authority to levy the reasonable costs incurred by the
town, together with the expense of advertising, as a special
tax against the property. The assessment shall be certified
by the town clerk to the town Treasurer, to be added to the
annual tax bill against the property to be collected in the
same manner as ordinary taxes are collected and subject
to the same interest and penalty for non-payment as pro-
vided by law for the non-payment of town taxes. Such
special tax shall constitute a lien against the property from
the date of the assessment until paid.

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

Approved March 23, 1953.

CHAPTER 103
(House Bill 298)

AN ACT to add a new section to the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County (1943 Edition), being
Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, title "Prince George's County, " said new section
to be known as Section 1202 of the said Code and to
follow immediately after Section 1201 of said Code, to
be under the sub-title "Roads, " and the sub-heading "Re-
fuse, " making it a misdemeanor for any person to throw,
dump or deposit any trash, junk or other refuse upon

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