1346 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

been duly selected by such incorporated association and giving
bond to the said county commissioners, to be approved by the
judge of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County in a penal
sum to be fixed by said judge conditioned upon the faithful
discharge of the duties of said treasury; to be used by each of
such several local associations directly or through such executive
committee as they may designate and empower for the said
purpose or purposes exclusively for the opening, improving and
repairing of roads, streets, sidewalks, parkings, drainage, sanita-
tion, and other improvements in its respective part of said
village of Chevy Chase and for the furnishing of police protec-
tion and public services, including the removal of ashes, gar-
bage, and other refuse for the benefit of the residents of said
respective divisions of said village; provided that no such special
levy shall be made on the property of such parts, sections or
divisions of said village unless said county commissioners shall
be petitioned in writing, not later than April 15th preceding
the annual levy of said county, such petition or petitions indi-
cating the desire for such special levy and tax upon the prop-
erty of such part, section, or division of said village for such
purpose or purposes and sigued by such number of residents,
citizens or taxpayers of such division, part, or section of said
village as may satisfy said county commissioners of the fact
that there is a general public demand on the part of the resi-
dents, citizens and taxpayers of such section of said village for
such special levy and such special tax, and when said county
commissioners are so petitioned, they may levy and cause to be
collected from the property owners of each of said divisions or
parts of said village such special tax for such purposes, but no
such special levy of such special tax shall be made on such
property unless notice of the intention of said county commis-
sioners to make such special levy, the purpose or purposes there-
for, and amount thereof and approximate effect of such levy
on the tax rate of such division or section of said village, shall
bo published in one or more newspapers of said county for two
consecutive weeks, designating the d;ate upon which said county
commissioners shall meet for the purpose of hearing objections
to said special levy; and upon the date fixed for such hearing,
said commissioners shall hear the advocates and opponents of
such special levy, and thereafter determine the amount if any
of such special levy for each or any said divisions or parts of
said village, but in no case shall said' special levy be greater
than fifty (50) cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) of
the assessable property as aforesaid in any one year; and pro-
vided further that all white, adult owners of assessable prop-