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(d)   The notice of the Director of Public Works that the sidewalk
area is in need of grading, paving, repaving, or repairing, required
hereinabove in this section, may be left at any house on the land
served by the sidewalk or served personally upon the owner or upon
one of the owners, tenants, or agents; or a copy of the order may be
published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in Harford
County; or posted and set up on the premises.

(e)  Upon the completion of any work done by the county in grad-
ing, paving, repaving, or repairing any sidewalk area, the Director of
Public Works shall record in his office the fact of such completion, the
date thereof, and the total expense of doing the work and giving the
notice. This total expense then shall be assessed against the abutting
properties, in ratio to the percentage of the total sidewalk area which
fronts or abuts on any respective portion of the total sidewalk area.
The owner of any such respective portion within fifteen days there-
after may appeal the special assessment to the Board of County
Commissioners and the Board shall grant him a hearing on any such
appeal. If the Board in its discretion determines that the special
assessment was properly imposed and is a reasonable sum in relation
to the work performed, it shall report the special assessment to the
county treasurer who shall proceed to collect it in the same manner as
taxes upon real estate are collected. The special assessment shall be a
lien upon the property and the county treasurer shall have the same
remedies for its collection as are provided for the collection of taxes
upon real estate.

(f)  In addition to the remedy provided in subsection (e), the
Board of County Commissioners may recover the cost of the grading,
paving, repaving, or repairing by suit or action at law from the owner
of any property against whom a special assessment is levied.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 221
(House Bill 660)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2-13 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Frederick County (1959 Edition,
being Article 11 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Frederick County," subtitle "Part I. General Local Laws,"
subheading "Chapter 2. Administration," to repeal limit of tax
levy for funds to support public libraries in Frederick County; and
to provide for support of all public libraries in Frederick County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 2-13 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Frederick
County (1959 Edition, being Article 11 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Frederick County," subtitle "Part I. Gen-
eral Local Laws," subheading "Chapter 2. Administration," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows: