1496 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

within the corporate limits of the town of Rockville for the
repair of roads by said County Commissioners of Montgomery
County.

P. L. L. (1888), art. 16, sec. 203.

509. The council shall have the same powers as are now
exercised by the State Board of Health of this State, restricted,
however, to the limits of the town!

Ibid. 204.

510. The council shall have full power to regulate privies
and direct the character of boxes or other fixtures for them,
and the mode in which they shall be emptied and their con-
tents removed, and shall prohibit the construction or mainte-
nance of privy sinks, cesspools or other depositories for filth
within the corporate limits.

P. L. L. (1888), art. 16, sec. 205.

511. The council may appoint annually a scavenger, and
prescribe his duties and fix his compensation, which shall be
paid 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 owners of
property shall be responsible for said tax in case the same can-
not be collected from the occupants thereof. And the council
may pass suitable ordinances to enable such scavenger to remove
all filth from the town, and may require of such scavenger a
bond for the faithful performance of his duties; provided, how
ever, that said special tax shall not exceed fifty cents per month
on any one house, to be paid by the owner or occupant thereof
as aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 206.

512. The council may pass suitable ordinances for the pro-
tection of the public buildings, churches, private buildings,
trees and fencing in said town, from defacement or injury.

Ibid. sec. 208.

513. All existing ordinances of the town of Rockville shall
remain in force until repealed or amended by the council; and
all books, papers and property in possession of the commis-
sioners for Rockville shall be delivered to the council when
organized.

1888, art. 16, sec. 209.

514. The council shall keep and annually publish, a tabular
statement of the receipts and expenditures of the funds of the
corporation.