3354

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 779

(b) [Said] THE "Friendship Heights [Citizens'
Committee"] VILLAGE COUNCIL" [shall have the power to]
MAY pave, grade, macadamize or otherwise improve [said]
THE streets, roads, lanes, or sidewalks within the
taxable area.[; provided, that before] BEFORE any
contract for works [ shall be] IS entered into, or any
obligation with respect thereto incurred, notice shall be
given to the owners and others of record interested in
[said] THE abutting property and an opportunity to be
heard, [such] THE hearing to be before [said] THE
"Friendship Heights [Citizens' Committee"] VILLAGE
COUNCIL" who shall decide the matters properly brought
before them. Any party affected by the final decision of
[said citizens' committee] THE VILLAGE COUNCIL made
after [such] THAT 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 the owners of two thirds of the property
subject to the assessment for the cost of proposed
improvements abutting upon any street, road or lane to
be [[grade]] graded, paved, macadamized or improved,
requesting the grading, paving, macadamizing or improving
of any such street, roads, lanes or sidewalks, [it shall
be the duty of said citizens' committee] THE VILLAGE
COUNCIL [to] SHALL make the assessment against the
abutting property owners to provide the funds for and
cause to be performed the necessary work or construction
to be done in accordance with the provisions hereinabove
provided.

66—10. Same — Competitive bidding — Generally.

Said "Friendship Heights [Citizens' Committee"]
VILLAGE COUNCIL" [shall] MAY not expend for material or
work a sum exceeding [five hundred dollars] $500 without
having first advertised the specifications therefor and
inviting bids for [the same] IT, after which [said
committee] THE VILLAGE COUNCIL may purchase [such]
WHATEVER material or make contract for [such] work or
have [such] THE work done by employed labor or otherwise,
as it may deem best.

66-11.

For the purpose of making improvements, provided for
in the aforegoing sections or for the purpose of making
improvements other than maintenance, the [said citizens'
committee] VILLAGE COUNCIL [is hereby authorized and
empowered to] MAY borrow money and otherwise contract
indebtedness and obligate the [said] taxable area in
amounts not exceeding in total at any time [ten] 10
percent of the assessed valuation of real property within
the [said] taxable area, and for these purposes [said]
THE taxable area [shall be and] is [hereby] constituted a