MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1225

CHAPTER 506
(House Bill 790)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 18-24
(c)(l) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's
County (1967 Supplement, being Article 17 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince George's County," subtitle
"County Commissioners," providing that the Board of County
Commissioners for Prince George's County, where assessments
are made against unimproved lots or property which is deemed
to possess substantial frontage, may contract with the owner to
defer payment of the assessment for a period of time not to
exceed ten (10) years.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 18-24 (c) (1) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1967 Supplement, being Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince George's County,"
subtitle "County Commissioners" be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

18-24(c).

(1) The special assessment tax levy by the Commissioners for
the improvements as provided in Section 18-24(a) 1, "The Con-
struction, Reconstruction of Roads, Bridges, Streets, Alleys, Side-
walks, Curbs and Gutters with Storm Drainage Incident Thereto,"
shall be on a special benefit assessment basis. When the Commis-
sioners shall be required to make the special assessment against the
abutting land for these improvements, whether for the construction
of roadways, bridges, sidewalks, curbs or gutters and/or storm
drainage incident to such improvements, any or all of them, and such
lot is located at the intersection of two streets and is what is known
as a corner lot, the Board of County Commissioners shall have the
power to make an assessment for the number of feet in the front
of such lot, where the said improvement abuts on the front of such
lot, and in case the improvement abuts on the side of such a lot,
the assessment made for such improvement against the lot shall
be for one-third of the number of linear feet of the side of said lot,
and for the purpose of assessment the short side of such lot shall be
considered the front of such lot, and in cases where the two sides are
equal, the Board of County Commissioners shall determine which is
front and which is the side of such lot, and such determination
shall be final and conclusive; and provided, that in cases of lots,
where it be determined to be inequitable to place the entire cost of
such improvements upon property abutting; or lots abutting on more
than two streets and of lots of irregular or unusual shape, and in
cases of lots abutting on two or more streets where in one or more of
such streets, bridges, roadways, sidewalks, curbs, gutters or storm
drainage and street improvements, or any or all, have been or are
about to be constructed under such circumstances as not to subject
such lots to a special assessment by the Board of County Commis-
sioners, the Board of County Commissioners shall have full power
and authority to adjust assessments to be made against such lots
for the cost of improvements herein authorized abutting such lots
to such an amount as shall be just and equitable, and the cost of