354                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 282

as fixed for county taxation purposes within said area or locality,
and if they find that the proposed project is feasible from an engi-
neering and financial standpoint, and if, in addition thereto, they shall
find that it is necessary to the public health, safety and welfare of
the residents therein that said district be established, they may in
their discretion reverse the decision of the Commission in which
event they may direct the Commission to proceed to establish said
district as hereinafter provided. [If] It is further provided that in
the event the petitioners are dissatisfied with the decision of said
County Commissioners an appeal will lie to the Circuit Court for Wi-
comico County, Maryland, provided said appeal is taken within thir-
ty (30) days after the final decision has been rendered by the County
Commissioners.

516.

(a) Petition.—Whenever twenty (20) property owners residing in
any sub-district constituting part of any district in Wicomico County,
as now or hereafter constituted, in which any urban service or serv-
ices have been established by the Commission, or if there are not
twenty (20) property owners in such sub-district then twenty-five
(25) percent of the owners therein shall petition the Commission
for the establishment, in addition to the existing service or services,
of one or more other urban services, the Commission shall prepare
without cost to the petitioners a preliminary estimate to determine
the approximate cost of providing such facilities. The Commission
will also submit an estimate of the cost of making surveys and pre-
paring a complete engineering and financial report, which shall in-
clude the estimated assessed property valuation as fixed for County
taxation purposes, within the sub-district involved, which estimated
assess valuation shall be furnished to the Commission by the County
Commissioners. Whenever such preliminary estimates are completed,
the Commission shall give notice by publication in one or more
newspapers published within the County, and by handbills posted and
circulated in the locality where said proposed facilities are contem-
plated, which notice shall specify the proposed area to be served and
the proposed urban service or services to be furnished therein, to-
gether with the time and place of the hearing to be held, at which
hearing those present shall be given the probable cost of the proposed
facilities in the area to be served, as shown by the preliminary
survey, the probable cost of the preparation of the complete en-
gineering and financial report incident thereto, and a statement of
the unamortized balance due on facilities theretofore installed by
the Commission in the sub-district involved. If the estimated cost
of the proposed facilities, including the cost of the engineering and
financial report incident thereto, plus unamortized balance of the
cost of facilities already installed by the Commission in the sub-
district involved, shall exceed [fifteen per centum (15%)] twenty-five
per centum (25%) of the assessed property value as fixed for County
taxation purposes in said sub-division, or if the project is not feasible
from an engineering or a financial standpoint, then the Commission
may, in its discretion, deny the petition. If the Commission shall
deny the petition, a majority of the landowners in said sub-district
may petition the Commission to prepare surveys, plans, engineers'
reports, and estimates, and all costs to be incurred in making such
surveys, plans, engineers' reports, and estimates, shall be borne by
the landowners within the area, which estimated costs shall be
certified by the Commission to the County Commissioners, who shall,