456 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 252

County to grade, lay out, dig down, fill up, pave, repave,
construct, reconstruct, repair, extend, widen, straighten
and improve curbs, gutters, sidewalks and footways in ac-
cordance with such reasonable plans and specifications as
may be required by said Roads Engineer. Any work re-
quired of a property owner shall be done at the expense of
the property owner after receipt of notice from the Roads
Engineer to perform said work. Such notice shall specify
the work to be done with reference to curbs, gutters, side-
walks and footways, the manner of doing said work and
the materials to be used therein. The notice aforesaid shall
be given or served on the owner of the lot along whose
boundaries work is required to be done on, in or about a
curb, gutter, footway or sidewalk in any one of the follow-
ing manners, viz: The said order or a copy thereof may
be served personally on the owner thereof, any tenant of
the property, or any agent, trustee or guardian of the
owner, or left at his place of residence, or a copy of such
order may be published once a week for two successive
weeks in one or more newspapers published in Baltimore
County. Any notice served or published in any of the modes
aforesaid shall be deemed and taken as legally sufficient
and binding. Any person feeling aggrieved by the terms
and conditions of such notice may apply to the County
Commissioners of Baltimore County for a hearing with
reference thereto, and shall be given an opportunity to be
heard in connection with same. At such hearing the Com-
missioners may revise, alter, affirm or rescind the direc-
tions of the Roads Engineer, in whole or in part, and their
decision shall be final.

Upon the failure of a property owner to comply with any
notice, within the time limited in said notice, which shall
be not less than twenty days from the date of service or
from the date of first publication, the Roads Engineer by
and with the consent of the County Commissioners, may
procure the performance of such work either with his own
force or by contract. The cost and expense of such work,
including the cost of giving any notice, shall be certified to
the County Treasurer by the County Commissioners, shall
be a lien on said property in the same manner as taxes; and
shall be collectible in the manner provided by law for the
collection of taxes, except that such charges and assess-
ments are benefit charges and shall not be subject to any
limitation.

The Commissioners may by appropriate order, upon
application, provide for the payment of any assessment in
annual installments not exceeding five in number, on such