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law or in equity. As soon as practicable, and within thirty days after construction or
repair of any such sewer, drain, street pavement, foot pavement, curb, gutter or sidewalk, the
Commission shall have prepared a statement of the cost thereof, and shall have entered up in
a book, which shall be prepared for that purpose, and kept open to the public inspection during
reasonable office hours in the office of the secretary, marked "Street Improvement Lien Book" the amount
of such cost, the date of the completion of the work, the lot upon which a lien is claimed, and
such other information as the Commission may deem advisable; Provided, however, that if the
cost of such construction or repair shall be paid to the Town within thirty days after the completion
of the work, no interest thereon shall be charged. The Commission shall have the power to charge all
or any part of the cost of such improvements as a lien against any such contiguous or abutting
property, apportioning the cost thereof acording to the area, value of frontage thereof, and their
judgments as to the benefits received and the apportionment of the cost among the parcels deemed
to be benefited, shall be conclusive upon the proprty owners and the courts. The construction of such
improvements, and entry of such lien in said Street Improvements Lien Book shall be notice to
all persons having interests in the property affected thereby, of the existence of such lien. Provided,
however, that any persons owning any lot, or owning any interest therein, or having a lien thereon,
shall have the right, within thirty days after the completion of the said swever, drain, street
pavement, foot pavement, curb, gutter or sidewalk to present to the Clerk a sworn petition to the
Commission, stating his interest in the property, and alleging that in the opinion of the
petitioner, the cost of such proportion thereof of such sever, drain, street pavement, foot pavement,
curb, gutter or sidewalk as has been assessed and entered up in said Street Improvement Lien
Book against said lot, exceeds the actual cost thereof, or that such cost has been erroneously
entered, or that the apportionment thereof is unequal or unreasonable.
If such petition is presented within such time to the Clerk, the Commission shall hear and
consider the petition and make due and proper inquiry into the question involved, and if it shall
appear to their satisfaction that the cost as entered up exceeds the actual cost thereof or has been
erroneously entered, or that the apportionment thereof is unequal or unreasonable, or exceeds the
special benefits accruing to the lot by reason of the improvement, then the Commission shall by
resolution, so declare, and shall have the entry thereof in the Street Improvement Lien Book