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corrected, and shall fix the amount to be charged against said lot as a lien at an
amount not exceeding in the judgment of the Commission, which shall be conclusive on such
point, the special benefit accruing to such lot or parcel of property by reason of such improvement,
and the amount so fixed by the Commission shall stand as the amout of such lien, and any
amount of such cost found to be in excess of special benefits shall be paid by the Municipality.
In all cases where no petition shall have been filed as hereinbefore provided within thirty days
after the completion of such sewers, drain, street pavement, foot pavement, curb, gutter or sidewalk, the
cost thereof as entered up in said book shall become and be a fixed lien upon the property
described. In no event shall the validity of such lien, as primarily entered in the Street Improvement
Lien Book, or as fixed by the Commission on petition duly presented, be questioned in any direct or
collateral proceeding more than three months after the completion of the work, and a copy of the
entry of any such lien in the Street Improvement Law Book, certified by the Seretary under the corporate
seal of the Town, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the amount and existence of the lien
upon the property described, in any proceeding to enforce or defend such lien.

Se 81. The Commission may, by such ordinance, provide that the cost of the improvement
shall be apportioned over not to exceed ten years, and may provide for the issue of local improvement
bonds which shall be a lien only upon the property against which the cost of such improvement
is assessed and the fund provided therefor, which bonds shall mature according to the apportionment
of the cost of the improvement, and bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum,
payable annually. Such local improvement bonds shall not be subject to the provisions of Section
55 of the Charter.

Miscellaneous

Sec 88. Until a municipal election of the Town of Fellsmere has been held the
number of individual registered voters of said Town shall be considered to be one hundred and
fifty, upon which the number of individual registered voters necessary to sign the petitions
provided for in Sections 40 and 48 hereof shall be completed.