MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3323

1922, ch. 434, sec. 3.

121. From and after the passage of this Act until the first Tuesday in
April, 1923, the said Chevy Chase Citizens' Committee of Section 5 shall
be constituted as follows: Matthew T. Moomaw, Frank Simpson, Ralph
Daskam, Frank H. Shultz and Handley D. Dale, and the first named
shall, until otherwise directed by said Committee, be and constitute the
Chairman thereof, each of whom shall qualify as such Committeeman by
taking an oath before any officer in Montgomery County authorized by
law to administer oaths, to diligently and faithfully discharge all duties
of the office. In case any such persons shall fail to qualify within sixty
days after the passage of this Act, or any of their successors shall fail to
qualify within sixty days after his election as Committeeman, as herein-
after provided, or in case of any vacancy through death, resignation, or
otherwise, the remaining Committeemen shall fill such vacancy by the
appointment of a resident owner of real property of legal age in said
Section 5 of said village, who shall hold office for such term or unexpired
term.

On the first Tuesday in April, 1923, two members of the said Citizens'
Committee shall be elected to serve for one year, and three members to
serve for two years. On the first Tuesday in April, 1924, and on the
first Tuesday in April, of each following year an election shall be held at
which Committeemen shall be elected for two years to succeed those whose
terms expire, and at which Committeemen shall be elected to fill any
vacancies which may exist, but the Committeemen so elected to fill such
vacancies shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term only. The
election shall be by ballot in a manner to be prescribed by said Citizens'
Committee. Only residents of legal age of said Section 5, who shall have
resided therein for not less than six months next preceding said election,
shall be entitled to vote for or hold the office of Committeeman. Following
each election each newly elected member of said Citizens' Committee shall
qualify by taking an oath before any officer in said Montgomery County
authorized by law to administer oaths to diligently and faithfully dis-
charge all duties of the office. Said Committee shall select from their
members a Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, and any other officers they
may deem necessary.

1922, ch. 434, sec. 4.

122. Said Chevy Chase Citizens' Committee of said Section 5 is em-
powered to grade, pave, macadamize, or otherwise improve any existing
dedicated street, road or lane, or any county road, street, or lane which
has been or which may be acquired and opned for public use but which is
ungraded, unpaved, or unimproved, and to lay sidewalks and curbs there-
on; provided that said Citizens' Committee, subject to the approval of
the Board of County Commissioners, and after due publication thereof,
shall have power to assess the cost of said grading, paving, macadamizing,
or improving against the property abutting on said street, road, lane or
sidewalk, in proportion to the frontage of said abutting property on the