PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1533

executed and the bonds issued as therein specified. The said
special improvement bonds and interest thereon shall be paid
by a special tax of approximately equal annual instalments to
be levied for a specified term of years not exceeding twenty-
five upon the land to which such work of improvements shall
extend or be tributary, as specifically designated in the ordi-
nance. The said special taxes shall be a lien upon the prop-
erty upon which they are levied, and shall be collected in the
manner provided for the collection of general taxes of the town.
1896, ch. 310, sec. 26.

609. The council may issue certificates of indebtedness,
bearing interest, not to exceed in amount the annual revenue
of the town less the amount of all sinking funds previously
provided for said certificates and interest to be paid only
from such revenue, and within one year from the date of their
issue, and such certificates may be issued in pursuance of an
ordinance duly passed, without submitting the question to a
vote of the taxpayers.

1896, ch. 310, sec. 27.

610. The County Commissioners of Montgomery and Prince

George's Counties shall annually pay to the treasurer of the
"Town of Takoma Park," that proportion of the total amount
levied for the repair of roads in said counties, which the total
amount of property assessed within said town, within the limits
of said respective counties, bears to the total amount of property
assessed in said respective counties, according to the tax book
of said counties.

Ibid. sec. 28.

611. 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. 29.

612. 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 build-
ings and collected as other taxes are collected; provided, never-
theless, that the owner or owners of property shall be responsi-
ble for said tax 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 perfonn-

ance of his duties; provided, however, that said' special tax

shall not exceed one dollar per month on any one house, to be
paid by the owner or occupant thereof, as aforesaid.