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the matters properly brought before them. Any party affected by the final

decision of said Citizens' Committee, made after such hearing, shall have
the right to appeal therefrom within ten days, to the Circuit Court of
Montgomery County, and provided further, that upon the petition of two-
thirds of the resident property owners owning property abutting upon any
streets, roads or lanes to be graded, paved, macadamized or to have sewer-
age placed thereon, or otherwise to be improved under the provisions of
this Section requesting the grading, paving, macadamizing, placing sewers
or otherwise, improving of any such streets, roads or lanes, it shall be the
duty of the said Citizens' Committee to make the assessment against the
abutting property owners, to provide the funds for and cause to be per-
formed the necessary work or construction to be done in accordance with
the provisions hereinabove provided; and provided further, that Connecti-
cut Avenue shall for all purposes of repair, improvement, grading or pav-
ing be considered as two streets lying parallel to one another on either side
of the center line of said avenue.

1916, ch. 172, sec. 5.

104. Said Chevy Chase Citizens' Committee of said Section 3, shall
not expend for material or work, a sum exceeding three hundred ($300.00)
dollars without having first advertised the specifications therefor and in-
viting bids for the same, after which said committee may purchase such
material or make contract for such work, or have such work done by em-
ployed labor, or otherwise, as it may deem best; and provided further
that said committee may make contracts after due advertisement for
lighting or supplying said Section 3 of said village with water for periods
of five years, but no longer period at a time; and provided further, that
no member of said Citizens Committee shall furnish any supplies of any
kind or contract in any manner with said Citizens' Committee.

1916, ch. 172, sec. 6.

105. The said Citizens' Committee, subject to the approval of the said
Board of County Commissioners, may adopt such regulations with respect
to dumping of garbage, sanitation, erection of buildings, tearing up of
streets, speed regulations, care of property, removal of snow, ice or other
police or health regulations, and to provide penalties for the violation
thereof, as said committee may deem proper.

Any Justice of the Peace in Montgomery County shall have jurisdiction
to try and determine any violation of any of said regulations and to im-
pose the penalties thereby provided. The sheriff of said county and his
deputies and any constable in said county shall have authority to arrest
for any violation of such regulations and to execute all-writs issued by any
such Justice of the Peace in connection with such regulations or with the
punishments of the persons violating any of them. The procedure shall
be in accordance with that now provided for the trial of misdemeanors by

said Justices of the Peace and appeals shall be allowed as in cases of
misdemeanor. All proceedings with respect to the violation of any such