(c)  PAVING,  CUBBING  AND  MACADAMIZING  UPON  PETI-
TION OF  TWO-THIRDS  OF  OWNERS  IN  INTEREST  AND
COLLECTION  OF  TWO-THIRDS  OF  COST  ACCORDING  TO
FOOT  FRONT  RULE.
Section  8.  The  council  of  any  incorporated  borough  of  this  Com-
monwealth shall  have  the  power  to  require,  by  ordinance,  and  cause
to  be  paved,  curbed,  or  macadamized  with  brick,  stone,  or  other
suitable  materials,  any  public  street  or  thoroughfare,  or  parts  thereof,
which  is  now  or  may  hereafter  be  laid  out  and  opened  in  any  of
said  boroughs,  and  collect,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided,  two
thirds  of  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  same  from  the  owners  of  the  real
estate  bounding  or  abutting  thereon,  by  an  equal  assessment  on  the
feet  front  bounding  or  abutting  as  aforesaid,  where  the  real  estate
on  both  sides  of  the  street  or  thoroughfare,  is  assessable;  where  the
real  estate  on  one  side  of  the  street  or  thoroughfare,  or  part  thereof,
desired  to  be  paved,  curbed,  or  macadamized,  is  exempt  from  assess-
ment, then  one-half  of  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  same  shall  be
collected  from  the  owners  of  the  real  estate  bounding  or  abutting
thereon,  by  an  equal  assessment  on  the  feet  front  bounding  or
abutting  as  aforesaid;  said  assessment  to  be  estimated  by  the  street
commissioner  or  person  in  charge  of  said  work,  or  other  competent
authority  designated  by  the  council  of  said  borough:  Provided,
That  the  council  of  any  such  borough  shall  not  require  or  cause  to
be  paved  any  street  or  thoroughfare,  or  any  part  thereof,  except
upon  the  petition  of  the  owners  of  property,  representing  not  less
than  two-thirds  in  number  of  feet  of  the  properties  fronting  or  abut-
ting on  said  street,  thoroughfare,  or  the  part  thereof,  proposed  to  be
paved.
