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and every year thereafter, pay over to the Mayor and council of Rockville,
that proportion of the entire county levy for the repair of roads which
the total real property assessed within the limits of the town of Rockville
bears to the whole amount of assessed property in Montgomery county,
so that the Mayor and council of Rockville may receive and disburse for
the maintenance of the streets of said town the amount levied upon the real
property within the corporate limits of the town of Rockville for the
repair of roads by said County Commissioners of Montgomery County.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 203. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 609.

827. The council shall have the same powers as are now exercised by
the State Board of Health of this State, restricted, however, to the limits
of the town.

P. L. L., 1888, Art 16, sec. 204. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 510. 1912, ch. 154.

828. The Council shall have full power to regulate privies and direct
the character of boxes or other fixtures for them, and the mode in which
they shall be emptied and their contents removed.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 205. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 511.

829. The council may appoint annually a scavenger, and prescribe his
duties and fix his compensation, which shall be paid by a special tax for
that purpose, to be imposed on the occupants of the respective buildings,
and collected as other taxes are collected; provided, nevertheless, that the
owners of property shall be responsible for said tax in case the same can-
not be collected from the occupants thereof. And the council may pass
suitable ordinances to enable such scavanger to remove all filth from the
town, and may require of such scavenger a bond for the faithful per-
iormance of his duties; provided, however, that said special tax shall not
exceed fifty cents per month on any one house, to be paid by the owner
or occupant thereof as aforesaid.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 206. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 512.

830. The council may pass suitable ordinances for the protection of
the public buildings, churches, private buildings, trees and fencing in
said town, from defacement or injury.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 208. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 513.

831. All existing ordinances of the town of Rockville shall remain in
force until repealed or amended by the council; and all books, papers and
property in possession of the commissioners of Rockville shall be deliv-
ered to the council when organized.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 16, sec. 209. 1912, ch. 790, sec. 514.

832. The council shall keep and annually publish, a tabular statement
of the receipts and expenditures of the funds of the corporation.