1392 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

collected, and the delinquent shall be committed to the town
lockup or county jail until the same is paid with costs.

1906, ch. 292, sec. 24.

230. The County Commissioners of Montgomery County
shall annually pay the town of Gaithersburg the total amount
of road tax collected by said county within the town of Gaithers-
burg according to the tax books of said county.

Ibid. sec. 25.

231. The council shall have the same powers as the State
Board of Health of this State, restricted, however, to the limits
of the town.

Ibid. sec. 26.

232. The council may appoint a scavenger and prescribe his
duties and fix his compensation, which shall be paid by the
council out of the general fund or by a special tax for that
purpose, to be imposed on the occupants of the respective
buildings and collected as other taxes are collected; provided,
nevertheless, that the owner or owners of property shall be
responsible for said taxes in case the same cannot be collected
from the occupants thereof, and the council may pass suitable
ordinances to enable said scavenger to remove all filth from
the town, and may require of said scavenger a bond for the
faithful performance of his duties; provided, however, that said
special tax shall not exceed forty cents per month on any one
bouse, to be paid by the owner or occupant thereof, as aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 27.

233. The council shall keep and annually publish or post a
tabular statement of the receipts and expenditures of the funds
of the corporation, and such other matters connected with the
government and regulations of the town affairs as they may
deem necessary and proper.

1906, ch. 292, sec. 28.

234. Whenever the council shall, by ordinance, provide for
establishing any public park, or for establishing, opening, wid-
ening, extending or altering any street, alley, route for sewer
or water pipes, for constructing water works or for carrying out
any other powers granted by its charter, and it becomes nec-
esary to take private property for such public use, just com-
pensation shall be paid to the owner or owners thereof, which
shall be ascertained and assessed by six disinterested commis-
sioners, who shall be qualified voters of the town and who shall
be selected by the Mayor; such proceedings shall be conducted
by the Mayor, or in his absence or inability to act, or in case
he be interested, then by some disinterested member of the