952 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 501

poses mentioned herein are hereby made a lien upon the
abutting property, equal in rank to corporate taxes, and
may be collected as taxes by The President and Commis-
sioners of Chesapeake City in the same manner as the
general corporate taxes of the said town can be collected,
provided that each such owner of property may have the
privilege of three years in which to make the said pay-
ments with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent. The
time of each payment to be determined by The President
and Commissioners of Chesapeake City. And the President
and Commissioners of Chesapeake City may have any
street, alley or part thereof in said town regraded, repaved,
resurfaced or otherwise improved and levy the expense
thereof or any part thereof, not exceeding two-thirds on
the property binding on said road, street or alley agreeable
to the extent of such lots or frontage thereof, and collect
the same for such property owner, provided the right to so
regrade, repave or resurface or otherwise improve the same
shall only be exercised after the expiration of ten years
from the paving, grading or other improving on said street
or alley. The costs so assessed shall be a lien on said prop-
erty, collected as corporate taxes, and until paid shall draw
interest at six per cent from date of assessment.

102. The President and Commissioners of Chesapeake
City shall have power to make and establish grades on the
streets and highways of said Town of Chesapeake City;
and to cause the sidewalks and gutters along the public
streets and highways of said town to be graded, paved or
repaired at the cost and the expense of the abutting prop-
erty owner thereof and to collect from said abutting prop-
erty owner thereof the costs of making said improvements
thereto, whenever they are made by The President and
Commissioners of Chesapeake City after refusal or neglect
on the part of the property owner to do so after reasonable
notice, the costs of which improvements as made by The
President and Commissioners of Chesapeake City shall be
a lien against said abutting property and be collectible as
are liens for taxes against said owner or property.

103. Any person who shall feel aggrieved by the action
of The President and Commissioners of Chesapeake City
in the matter of the making of an assessment for any of
the improvements herein authorized to be made, may ap-
peal therefrom at any time within thirty days thereafter to
the Circuit Court for Cecil County, Maryland, which ap-
peal shall be taken by the filing of a written notice thereof
with the Clerk of the Town of Chesapeake City, who shall