Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-08-22

the parts of said Improvement taken
up by the intersection of streets to be
paid out of said general corporate
funds; and the said Committee shall
levy and assess the cost of Curbing,
Recurring, Repairing, Paving, Re-
Paving, Grading and Re-Grading of
Sidewalks against the owners of
property abutting on said Sidewalks
on said improved part of Broadway;
and said Committee when they shall
have so assessed and levied said cost
of all of said improvements, shall make
return of the names of the owners of
said property abutting upon said i'm
proved part of Broadway and the
number of front feet so owned by
each and the amount assessed and
levied by said Committee against each
of said lOt-OWners to the Mayor and
Councilman of FrOstburg, and upon
the approval of said return of said
Committee by the said Mayor and
COuncilmen of FrOstburg it shall be
filed by the Town Clerk with the
other records pertaining to said i'm
provement, and thereupOn said respec-
tive sums shall at once become due
and payable by the person or persons
assessed and shall be a lien upon the
property of such person or persons
equal in rank to corporate taxes until
paid. and shall bear interest from and
after thirty DAYS from the day of such
return of said Committee; and said
assessments may be collected as taxes
are authorized to be collected under
Section $50 of Article One GD of the
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Allegany County" subtitle "FrOst-
burg" or the owner or owners of
such abutting property may be pro-
ceeded against as provided in Section
154 of said Article One.
SECTION 6, And be it further en-
acted and ordained, That before the
said Street Committee shall proceed
to assess and levy said cost of said
Improvement they shall give notice by
hand bills, TO be cOnspicuously posted
along the line of said proposed i'm
provement of the time and place,
when and where said Committee will
sit to determine said assessments. at
which time and place all owners of
property interested shall be heard in
person or by attorney by said Com
mittee on the question of said assess
ment and costs and the amount there
of; and the Town Clerk of Frostburg
at least ten days before said Commit
tee shall meet to make assessments
as aforesaid, shall also personally
serve upon each owner of property
abutting upon said part of said street
so to be Graded, Paved Curbed and
otherwise improved as aforesaid said
I,,r1 OF
bills to each of said persons on said
part of said street, or in case any of
said persons shall be temporarily or
permanently absent or residing else
where, then by leaving a copy of said
handful with whomsoever is in pos
session and occupying the property
of such absent person, and if no such
occupant, then by posting such hand
bill upon the premises of such per-
son, and any party who may feel ag-
grieved at the action of said Commit
tee in the matter of said assessments
may within thirty days after the APP
proval of the said report of said Com
mittee by the Mayor and COuncilmen
of Frostbur" appeal to the Circuit
Court for All'gany County.
SECTION :, And be it further en-
acted and ordained, That each of said
Committee shall receive the sum of
two and one-half dollars per day for
his services in making said levy and
assessment. and the Town Clerk shall
receive the sum of two and one-half
dollars per day for the performance
of the duties herein imposed upon
him, said costs to be treated as part
of said Improvement.
SECTION s, And be it further en-
acted and ordained, That this ordin-
ance shall take effect from the date
of its passage.
Passed August 18th, 1908.
j. W. SHEA,