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the Acts of 1912, for places of business within the corporate limits of said
town.

1902, ch. 123, sec. 325. 1912 Code, sec. 609. 1914, oh. 36, sec. 609. 1918, ch. 355.

1005. All town funds received from all sources whatsoever shall be
expended under the orders of the Commissioners of said town for the
improvement of the streets and roads within the corporate limits of said
town, and for such other purposes as said Commissioners may deem bene-
ficial to the town and the inhabitants thereof.

1914, ch. 36, sec. 609A.

1006. It shall be unlawful to do or have done any street or road work
for the improvement of the streets or roads within the corporate limits
of said town, except the emergency work necessary because of a storm or
storms between the fifteenth day of October and the first day of April, in

each year, and any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined Ten
Dollars, one-half of which fine shall go to the informer and the other half

of said fine shall go to the Town Commissioners of Upper Marlboro, to be
used in the improvement of said streets and roads.*

1902, ch. 123, sec. 326. 1912 Code, sec. 610.

1007. Neglect or non-use shall not work a forfeiture of this charter.

1924, ch. 391, sec. 610A.

1008. The Town Commissioners of Upper Marlboro may levy for fire
protection, street lights, or other purposes beneficial to said town, a tax
on the real estate assessed in said town not exceeding twenty (20) cents
on every one hundred dollars of assessed value thereof. Said levy shall be
made by the Commissioners of Upper Marlboro on or before the first day
of July in each and evey year; and said taxes shall be due and payable
fifteen days after the publication of the ordinance imposing same, and, if
not paid when due, they shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per

annnum until the same are paid.

Ridgely v. Wilson, 149 Md. 569.

1924, ch. 391, sec. 610B.

1009. It shall be the duty of the Town Treasurer as soon as the annual
tax levy is made and placed in his hands for collection, to give notice by

advertisement in one newspaper published in Upper Marlboro which notice

shall state the time from which the taxes bear interest, and shall Warn all
persons of their liability to be published as delinquent taxpayers and to
have their real estate sold unless the taxes with which they are respectively

charged are paid on or before the first day of January then next ensuing.
He shall also, immediately after said levy is made, make out bills of each
taxpayer to which a similar notice shall be annexed, and upon application

*Sec. 2, ch. 36, 1914, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.