WICOMICO COUNTY. 5103

again assessable. Any part of the cost assessed to the city under the
provisions of this section shall be paid out of the special fund, if one is
provided, or general fund of the city; provided, that before the passage
by the Mayor and Council of Salisbury of any ordinance under this sec-
tion ten days' notice, at least, shall be given in one of the newspapers pub-
lished in said city of the day when any such ordinance is proposed to
be passed by the Council, and an opportunity shall be afforded to all
persons interested therein to appear and be heard before said Council;
and before any assessment made by the Mayor and Council or its author-
ized agent under any ordinance passed under the provisions of this section
shall be finally ratified, ten days' notice at least shall be given in one
newspaper published in said city of the date when said assessment is
to be finally ratified, and an opportunity shall be afforded all persons
interested therein to appear and be heard. Any person interested feel-
ing aggrieved by the passage of any ordinance or any assessment made
in pursuance thereof under the provisions of this section shall have the
right within ten days after the passage of an ordinance or final ratifica-
tion of any assessment of an appeal to the Circuit Court for Wicomico
county.

1908, ch. 310, sec. 158G (p. 1121).

297. No sidewalk, street or alley shall be graded or the grade thereof
changed or altered in any manner by anyone except on plan made by a
competent surveyor and submitted to and approved by said Mayor and
Council. If any person shall alter or grade, or change the grade of any
sidewalk, street or alley as established, or as it may be hereafter estab-
lished, except as aforesaid, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five dollars and stand
comimitted to the county jail until the fine and costs are paid; and, in
addition thereto, shall pay all costs and expenses of restoring said side-
walk, street or alley to its original grade.

1908, ch. 310, sec. 158H (p. 1121). 1914, ch. 620, sec. 158H.

298. The Mayor and Council of Salisbury shall have power to provide
by ordinance for constructing, opening, enlarging, regulating, paving, re-
pairing and maintaining any sewer, drain or gutter; and shall have power
to purchase or condemn as hereinafter provided any property for the
purpose of laying, building, opening, enlarging, regulating, or straighten-
ing any sewer, drain, or gutter; and shall have power to build, lay or con-
struct any sewer, drain or gutter at the cost and expense of the owners
of property benefited thereby, provided at least ten days' notice be given
to owners of property by publication in some newspaper published in the
City of Salisbury of the making of such assessment and of the time and
place where objections thereto will be heard, and any assessment so made
shall be a lien upon the assessed property and shall be collectible as taxes
are collected or by action at law; and shall have power to regulate by ordi-
nance the charge for entering such sewer, drain or gutter, to compel con-
nections with sewers by property owners; and shall have power to pro-