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one ownership shall exceed one half of one per cent of the 

 assessed valuation of said lands; and provided, that the owner 

 or owners shall have deducted from such assessment the 

 amount paid and expended by them during the twelve months 

 last preceding the date of such assessment toward abating 

 the said nuisances on said lands, if, in the opinion of the 

 assessors, such amount has been expended in good faith. 

 Assessrcent ^ uc ^ assessment sna U be a lien upon the land for 

 a lien upon three years from the first day of January next 

 after the assessment has been made, and shall 

 be collected under a warrant of the assessors to the collector 

 of taxes of such city or town, in the manner and upon the 

 terms and conditions and in the exercise of the powers and 

 duties, so far as they may be applicable, prescribed by chap- 

 ter thirteen of the Revised Laws relative to the collection of 

 taxes. 



Real estate sold hereunder may be redeemed within the 



Real estate time, in the manner, and under the provisions 



may be of law, so far as they may be applicable, set 



forth in chapter thirteen of the Revised Laws 



for the redemption of land sold for taxes. 



A person aggrieved by such assessment may appeal to 

 the superior court for the county in which the land lies, by 

 Complaint entering a complaint in said court within thirty 

 men? 688 " days after he has had actual notice of the as- 

 sessment, which complaint shall be determined 

 as other causes by the court without a jury. The complaint 

 shall be heard at the first sitting of said court for trials with- 

 out a jury after its entry; but the court may allow further 

 time, or may advance the case for speedy trial, or may ap- 

 point an auditor as in other cases. The court may revise 



