552 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 15

against said abutting property and any such installment not
paid by the first day of January following its becoming due,
shall be subject to the same penalties and shall be collected
in the same manner as provided for the collection of unpaid
county taxes in said county. All taxes assessed as provided
in this section shall be paid over by the treasurer of said
county to the treasurer of said Martin's Additions 1, 2, 3 and
4 to the village of Chevy Chase, who shall devote such funds
to the exclusive purpose of paying for the special improve-
ments herein provided for or any indebtedness which may be
incurred therefor.

'The said Citizens' Committee of said Martin's Addition 1,
2, 3 and 4 to the village of Chevy Chase shall have the power
to pave, grade, macadamize, or otherwise improve said streets,
roads, or lanes or sidewalks within said Martin's Additions

1. 2, 3 and 4 to the village of Chevy Chase, or have such
sewerage constructed as the case may be, provided, that before
any contract for work shall be entered into, or any obliga-
tion with respect thereto incurred, notice shall be given to the
owners and others of record interested in said abutting prop-
erty and an opportunity to be heard, such hearing to be had
before said Citizens' Committee of said Martin's Additions 1,

2. 3 and 4 to the village of Chevy Chase, who shall decide the
matters properly, brought before them. Any party affected by
the final decision of said Citizens' Committee, made after
such hearing, shall have the right to appeal therefrom within
ten days, to the Circuit Court of Montgomery county, and
provided further, that upon the petition of two-thirds of the
resident property-owners owning property abutting upon any
streets, roads or lanes within said Martin's Additions 1, 2,
3 and 4 to the village of Chevy Chase, to be graded, paved,
macadamized or to have sewerage placed thereon, or other-
wise to be improved under the provisions of this section, re-
questing the grading, paving, macadamizing, placing sewers
or otherwise improving of any such streets, roads or lanes, it
shall be the duty of the said Citizens' Committee to make the
assessment against the abutting property owners, to provide
the fund for and cause to be performed the necessary work
or construction to be done in accordance with the provisions
hereinabove provided.

'Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That said Citizens'
Committee of said Martin's Addition 1, 2, 3 and 4 to the vil-
lage of Chevy Chase shall not expend for material or work, a
sum exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) without having
first advertised the specifications therefor and inviting bids