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ated, or his successor selected by the majority of the members of said com-
mittee, upon said treasurer having been duly selected by a majority of

said committee, and giving bond to said Board of County Commissioners
to be approved by the Judge of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County,
in the penal sum to be fixed by said Judge, conditioned upon the faithful

discharge of the duties of said treasurer; the said Board of County Com-
missioners shall order and have paid to said treasurer the proportion of

the county road tax to be levied and collected in the same manner as though
the said village of Northwest Park was an incorporated town, and the said

village shall, for that purpose, be considered by said Board of County

Commissioners as an incorporated town in said county; all of said funds
to be used directly by or through said committee, exclusively for opening,
improving, widening, maintaining, repairing and lighting the streets,
roads, lanes, approaches, alleys, sidewalks, parking, drainage, sewerage,

sanitation and other village improvements, and for furnishing police and
fire protection, clerical and other public service, including the removal of

ashes, garbage and other refuse, and the disposal thereof, and for the en-
forcement of the requirements of all conveyances of property situated in

said village, and for enforcing such building, sanitary and other regula-
tions as said committee, subject to the approval of the Board of County

Commissioners, may prescribe for said village, or for any part thereof.

1918, ch. 178, sec. 3.

656. If in any year the majority of the said Northwest Park Citizens'
Committee shall decide the sum hereinbefore authorized to be taxed and
levied is in excess of the amount required for the ensuing year, then and
in that event, the said committee may, on or before April 15 of any year,
notify in writing the County Commissioners of Montgomery to make a
reduction in the said levy of thirty-five cents on each one hundred (100)
dollars of assessable property value, as hereinbefore provided for, the
amount of said reduction to be determined by the said committee and

specified in the said notification to the County Commissioners of Mont-
gomery County; and upon receipt of such notification the Board of County
Commissioners is authorized, empowered, and directed to make a levy
less than the said thirty-five cents in the amount determined and specified

by the said committee.

1918, ch. 178, sec. 4. 1920, ch. 276, sec. 4.

657. From and after the passage of this Act until the first Monday in
April, 1920, the said committee for the said village of Northwest Park
shall be constituted as follows: John H. Eldridge, Philip A. Rosendorn

and H. C. Gould; the first named shall until otherwise directed by said
committee, be and constitute the chairman thereof, each of whom shall

qualify as such committeemen by taking the oath prescribed by the Con-
stitution of the State; in case any of such persons shall fail to qualify
within thirty days after election as such committeemen, as hereinafter

provided, or in case of any vacancy through death, resignation, or other-