1736

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 289

the County Commissioners may appeal [the same] to the Circuit
Court for Washington County within [ten] 10 days following
receipt of the notice.[; if] IF no appeal is taken within the
period, the action of the County Commissioners shall be final and
[no] further appeal may NOT be taken [therefrom].

(f)  Commissioners' responsibilities; rescission of
approval. Following the decision of the County Commissioners to
establish a district, and after the expiration of the appeal
period without an appeal being taken [therefrom], the County
Commissioners shall [do the following]:

(1)  Cause surveys to be made as well determine the
lengths of the various frontages of land abutting the road to be
improved assessable under this section for the improvement of the
road.

(2)  Cause an advertisement for bids for the
improvements to the road to be published at least [two] 2 times
in [two] 2 successive weeks in some newspaper of general
circulation in the County.

(3)  Cause a notice to be mailed or otherwise
delivered to all of the owners of assessable frontage on the road
setting forth the names of all the owners, the lengths of their
respective assessable frontages, the amount of the lowest
responsible bid for the improvements and the individual amounts
which the County Commissioners propose to assess as the share of
each owner.

(4)  [If] PASS A RESOLUTION RESCINDING PREVIOUSLY
GIVEN APPROVAL IF, within the period of 15 days following the
mailing or delivery of the last of the notices provided in
paragraph (3), a petition against the creation of the district,
signed by over 75 percent of the owners, is received by the
County Commissioners[, it shall pass a resolution rescinding the
preliminary approval previously given and]; IF SO RECEIVED, the
district [shall] MAY not be created.[; if] IF no such petition is
received by the County Commissioners within the 15-day period, it
shall pass a resolution making final the preliminary approval and
the district will then be in existence.

(g)  Billing for improvements; liens. Following the final
creation of the district, the County Commissioners shall bill
each of the owners for the amount of his [or her] respective
share of the costs of the improvements, and the amount of each
share shall be a lien against so much of the land and property of
each owner as [shall lie] LIES within the boundaries of the
district in the same manner that real property taxes are liens on
the property against which they are assessed.[, and the] THE
County Commissioners may collect the shares from each of the
owners and, in so doing, [to] have the same powers as now are, or
in the future may be, available to them for the collection of
real property taxes.