EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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of such lot and in case the improvements are extended along

the side of the said property, they shall only have the power

to make assessment for such improvements in excess of one

hundred feet in addition to the assessment made for such

improvements along the street on which the said property

fronts. In all cases in which the question shall arise as to the

street upon which said property may front, the decision of the

Council in regard thereto shall be final and conclusive.

Sec. 400. To carry out the provisions of this Act the said

Power to bor-

Mayor and Council are hereby given power and authority

row money

in addition to such power and authority as are now possessed

for improve-
ments.

by said town to borrow money, to borrow such additional

sums from time to time as may be needed to carry out the

provisions of this Act and to issue certificates of indebtedness

as evidence thereof. All sums so borrowed shall be kept in a

separate account to be known as "The Street Improvement

Account, " and shall be borrowed for no longer period than

shall be sufficient to collect the special assessments provided

for to construct improvements made hereunder and shall be

repaid out of the special assessments aforesaid when the same

shall be collected.

Sec. 40H. The Council shall, by an ordinance duly passed.

have the power to license, regulate, restrain or prohibit the

Regulating the
sale of liquor.

sale of malt, spirituous or otherwise intoxicating liquors within

the corporate limits of the town of Takoma Park, Maryland,

and any license for the sale thereof shall not be granted by

the Mayor and Council for at least one week after an appli-

cation has been filed therefor. Upon the filing of any said

application it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council to

post in five conspicuous places in said town notice of their

intention to consider the matter of the issuance of such license,

and such notice shall be posted at least three days before the

time for the consideration of the same, which notice shall state

the time and place where all persons shall have the right to

appear before the said Mayor and Council and enter such

approval or objections thereto as they may desire. And

it shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corporations

to sell any kind of spirituous, malt or other kinds of intoxi-

cating liquors within the corporate limits of the town of

Takoma Park, Maryland, without first obtaining a license

Licenses to sell

therefor from the Mayor and Council of said town. It shall

intoxicating

also be unlawful to provide a place for betting or gaming

liquors.

purposes, or to bet, wager or gamble in any manner, or by

any means, or to make or sell pools within the corporate