ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                           H.B. 368

as all other county taxes in the county are collected; to be paid over by the county
council to the treasurer of the village council herein authorized to be created, or his
successors, selected by the majority of the members of the village council, upon the
treasurer having been duly selected by a majority of the members of the village
council, and giving corporate bond to Montgomery County, Maryland, satisfactory to
and approved by the chief administrative officer and the county attorney in a penal
sum to be fixed by them, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the
treasurer, and the county council shall also order and have paid over to the treasurer
the proportion of the county road tax to be levied and collected in the same manner as
though the Village of Friendship Heights was an incorporated town, and the village
shall, for the purpose, be considered by the county council as an incorporated town of
the county. All of the funds may be used directly by or through the village council for
acquiring, building, renovating, altering, or removing structures for public use; and
for providing sewerage, sanitation and other village improvements, and amenities;
recreation, parks, and for furnishing police and fire protection, administrative,
clerical, maintenance, and other public service, including the removal of ashes,
garbage and other refuse and the disposal thereof, for carrying out any other general
police and health power function pursuant to this chapter; and providing for the
constructing, improving, widening, maintaining, repairing, and lighting of streets,
roads, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, and drainage structures.

66-11.

For the purpose of making improvements, provided for in the aforegoing sections
or for the purpose of making improvements other than maintenance, the village
council may borrow money and otherwise contract indebtedness and obligate the
taxable area in amounts not exceeding in total at any time THE SUM OF [ten (10)]
FOUR (4) percent of the assessed valuation of real property OTHER THAN OPERATING
REAL PROPERTY OF A PUBLIC UTILITY AND TEN (10) PERCENT OF THE ASSESSED
VALUATION OF OPERATING REAL PROPERTY OF A PUBLIC UTILITY within the taxable
area, and for these purposes the taxable area is constituted a corporation, and the
village council is authorized to act for the corporation.

68-4.

The council is authorized to levy annually against all the assessable property
within the Montgomery County Suburban District the sum of not exceeding [thirty
cents ($0.30)] TWELVE CENTS ($0.12) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of [such
assessable property] ASSESSED VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY OTHER THAN OPERATING
REAL PROPERTY OF A PUBLIC UTILITY AND THIRTY CENTS ($0.30) ON EACH ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) OF ASSESSED VALUE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND
OPERATING REAL PROPERTY OF A PUBLIC UTILITY. The levies herein authorized
shall be upon all property, both real and personal, assessed for county tax purposes
within the district and shall be levied and collected as other county taxes are now or
may hereafter be, by law, levied and collected, and have the same priority rights, bear
the same interest and penalties and in every respect be treated the same as other
county taxes.

70-2.

The county council for Montgomery County is authorized, empowered and

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