MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 3525

wise, the remaining committeemen shall fill any such vacancy by the ap-
pointment of another, qualified under this Act to hold such office, who
shall hold office for such other term or unexpired term; provided, how-
ever, that should said remaining committeemen fail to fill any vacancy
existing before the expiration of sixty days, then the vacancy so existing"
shall be filled by the County Commissioners of Montgomery County,
upon receipt of notice in writing from ten per cent of the resident prop-
erty owners of said village of Northwest Park, on the last Monday in
March in the year 1920, and on the same day in each year thereafter, an
election shall be held in the said village of Northwest Park for the elec-
tion of three committeemen, each of whom shall have been a resident of
said village of Northwest Park for six months previous to said election,
and over the age of twenty-one years, the three said committeemen to be
and constitute the Northwest Park Citizens' Committee for the ensuing
year, each of whom shall qualify within thirty days after said election
by taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of Maryland, before an
officer of the law duly commissioned to administer same. That the annual
election of said committeemen, as herein provided shall be held in accord-
ance with the law of the State of Maryland, but the returns thereof shall
be made to the Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery County;
all residents of said village of Northwest Park for six months previous
to said election, and over the age of twenty-one years, shall be eligible to
vote at such election; said election shall be conducted by three judges of
election and two clerks, to be appointed by said committee, who shall serve
without pay and the polls of said election shall be open from seven P. M.
to nine o'clock P. M., on the last Monday in March, as hereinbefore pro-
vided. Nothing herein shall be construed to exclude women as qualified
in this section from voting, or holding office.

1918, ch. 178, sec. 5. 1920, ch. 276, sec. B.

658. Said Northwest Park Citizens' Committee is empowered to grade,
pave, macadamize, or otherwise improve any existing street, road, or lane,
which has been or which may be acquired and open for public use, and to
lay sidewalks and curbs thereon, and after determining the character of
such improvement and the cost thereof the Board of County Commis-
sioners shall upon written notice from said citizens' committee assess the
cost of said grading, paving, macadamizing, or improving, against all real
property within the village of said Northwest Park as set forth in Plat
No. 134, recorded in Plat Book No. 2, of the land records of Montgomery
County, such assessment to be made against each taxpayer in proportion
to the acreage of such real estate owned; provided that before any con-
tract for work shall be entered into, or obligation with respect thereto
incurred, ten days' notice in writing shall be served upon the owners of
said property; or in the case of non-residents, mailed to their last known
postoffice address, giving notice of the time and place upon which a hear-
ing upon said proposed work will be held, such hearing to be had before
said Northwest Park Citizens' Committee, who shall decide the matters