Frostburg mining journal., 1908-07-11

BY tie Mayor and C0HnCilJNen Of frost
bHyg, That under and by virtue of the
power and authority conferred upon
them by Chapter 400 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland passed
at its January Session, 1908, that the
property binding on that part of Union
Street in the town of FrOStburg
Maryland, lying between the North
side of the intersection of Water Street
with Union Street and the South side
of the intersection of BowerY Street
with Union Street, and the property
line, track and franchise right of the
Cumberland and WeStcrnport Electric
Railway Company, corporation duly
incorporated, located and having its
tracks in and upon said part of said
Union Street, shall be assessed with
the value of the Improvement to said
part of said Union Street to the extent
to which said property binding and
located on said part of said Union
Street shall have been specially bene-
fitted by reason of the paving, grading
and curbing, and regarding, repay
ing and re-curbing of said part of said
Union Street under an Ordinance OF
the Mayor and Councilmen of Frost
burg, passed on the +th day of August,
1902, the same being Ordinance No
Ill; excepting, however, all those
pieces of property binding on said
street upon which the assessments
originally made under said Ordinance
No. III for their respective shares OF
the cost of said improvement have
been paid.
SECTION ,, BE H/nrthrr cnaacd ana
ordained, That Alexander Smith and
John w. Arnold and Daniel J. Will
ans. all citizens of the town of Frost
burg, be and they are hereby appointed
Commissioners to assess the value OF
said improvements, as set out i'll
Section l, against the property binding
on said part of said Union Street, and
against the property line, track and
franchise right of the Cumberland
and Westernport Electric Railway y
Company, located and having its
tracks i'll and upon said part of said
Union Street, to the extent to which
the said property and railway have
been specially benefited by said inn
provement, and to carry out the pro-
visions of and perform the duties
imposed upon them by Chapter 400 of
the acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1908.
SECTION 5, -4nd be it further cnaacd
and ordained, That before entering
upon the performance of their duties,
the said Commissioners shall make
oath i'll due form of law before some
Justice of the Peace or Notary Public
of the State of Maryland in and for
Allegany County, that they will well,
truly, and to the best of their ability,
perform the duties imposed upon them
by this Ordinance and by the said Act
of the General Assembly of Maryland
of 1908, Chapter 400.
SECTION /, .INd be it further eN0f7ed
and ordained, That the said Commits
sioners, before the final ascertainment
by them of the tax, to be assessed as
aforesaid, to be paid by the said prop
erty and railway binding and on and
along said part of said Union Street,
shall give thirty days notice of the
time and place, when and where they
shall meet to finally ascertain the
tax to be assessed upon the respective
properties and railway on said part of
said street on account of said improve
ment, notifying all persons and cor
porations interested of said meeting
and that they will give to such persons
and corporations an opportunity to be
heard either in person or by counsel.
Said notice and copy of this Ordin-
ance shall be published once a week
for two successive weeks before said
meeting in some newspaper published
in the town of Frostburg, (the first