The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-07-22
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.

said assessment as other city taxes are COL |
lected or in such manner as may be pre-
scrbed by ordinance of the Mayor of Fred I
erick, either before or after the work shall |
have been done, provided that before the |
passage by the Mayor and Aldermen of |
Frederick of any ordinance requiring the |
whole, or any portion of the costs to be
assessed upon the property, ten days
notice shall be given by the Mayor in
some newspaper published in said city,
notifying all persons interested therein to
appear and giving them the opportunity to
be heard before the Board of Aldermen at
such time as shall be provided in said
notice and the Mayor and Aldermen of
Frederick are hereby authorized and en-
powered to provide by ordinance for the
appointment OF committee of the Board
of Aldermen or such other person or per-
sons, as they shall appoint not exceeding
three nor less than one, who shall act as
/ Commissioner, or Commissioners, to deter
mine the amount of assessment to be made
/ upon any such property, under the provis-
| ion contained in this act, and the ordi-
nance or ordinances passed in pursuance
hereof, and after the commissioner or COM
mssioners, so appointed, shall have COM
peted their apportionment of the expenses
to be assessed or the property binding ON
any street or streets, lane or lanes, allev or
alleys, or portion thereof they shall give
notice by advertisement inserted twice
week for two successive weeks, in some
daily newspaper published in said city,
notifying all persons interested therein to
appear and giving them an opportunity to
be heard before the amounts assessed
against them are finally established by said
commissioner or commissioners any person
including the city itself, feeling aggrieved
at the action of said commissioner or COM
missiOners, shall have the right to appeal
to the Circuit Court for Frederick County
and to trial by jury, provided said ap-
peal be taken within thirty days after the
determination of said commissioner or COM
missioners in such case and an appeal may
be taken to the Court of Appeals by either
party, provided said appeal be entered
within thirty days after the rendition of
said Judgment by the Circuit Court for
Frederick County.
Section 236B.-The Mayor and Alder
, men of Frederick may if they see fit pro-
!, vide by a General Ordinance for the grad
ing, paving curbing and sewering, or for
the grading, or paving or curbng or sew
ering, or for the regarding, repairing, re-
curbing and resewering, or for the regrad-
ing, or repaving or recurbing, Or resewer-
ing, or repairing of any street or Streets
,, lane or lanes alley or alleys, or any portion
thereof, in Frederick, without the passage
{ of special ordinance in the particular
case, subject to the provisions and require
ments of Section 236A, of this Act, except
i as otherwise provided in this section,
! whenever the owners of majority of the
6 front feet of property binding on such
! street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or
alleys or parts Thereof shall apply for the
same upon terms and conditions to be pre-
! scribed in said general ordinance, and for
the assessment in any such case of the cost
, of such work, in whole, or in part, prorate
upon all the property binding upon such
street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or
: alleys, or parts thereof and for the collec-
!, ton of such assessments as other city taxes
are collected. No notice need be given be-
fore the passage of such general ordinance,
, and said ordinance shall provide for the
: appointment of a commissioner or commits
! sioners, to determine the amount of assess
6 ment to be made upon any such property.
! as provided by said ordinance, and said
/ commissioner or commissioners shall give
! notice to all persons interested as required
: by Section 236A, of this Act. before the
! amounts assessed against them are finally
: determined upon, and either party feeling
a aggrieved at the action of said commissioner
n or commissioners shall have the right to
9 appeal as provided in Section 236A of this
Act
Section 237C. In any and all cases
= where any street, lane or alley, or part
thereof in the city, has been regarded, re.
paved and recurbed, whether the same was
severed or not. and the cost thereof, or any
part thereof, has yet remained unpaid. il
shall be lawful for the city to provide by
ordinance for the levy and collection in
such manner as it may deem proper, of a
tax upon all the property binding on any
street, lane or alley, or parts thereof,
which may have been so improved in pro-
:: portion to the frontage of each property
q thereon, provided that the amount so
Il levied shall not exceed in proportion to the
G number of front feet the amount heretofore
charged and paid by other property owners
on said streets lanes or alleys, or portion
thereof for said improvement, and provided
further that no property which has con-
tributed its proportionate share of the cost
of such improvement shall again be as
sessed and that reasonable notice and an
i opportunity to be heard shall be given to
l all persons interested before the final ascer-
f tanment of the amount of tax to be paid
F., by such property, and the said city shall
provide for appeal to the Circuit Court for
Frederick County with right to trial by
E jury, by any person or persons interested,
| including the city itself, from the decision
of the commissioner or commissioners, APP
pointed to determine the amount or
amounts of such taxes or assessments and
: providing further for an appeal to the
Court of Appeals.
Section BE it enacted that this Act
shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
: Approved April II, 1910.
AUSTIN L. CROHHERS,
| Governor.
ARTHUR p GORMAN, JR.,
President of the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,