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command him, in case said assessment, interest and costs be not paid, to
sell the property therein described, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, to pay the same. The proceedings under said execution, including
the making of the deed to the purchaser, shall conform to ordinary pro-
ceedings on execution in said court, and the deed of the sheriff, made pur-
suant thereto, shall convey a good title to the purchaser. All moneys col-
lected in said Circuit Court shall be forthwith paid to the Treasurer of
said town for disbursement to the parties entitled thereto.

1929, ch. 169, sec. 14.

967. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by this Charter, or
by any ordinance of the Council, may be collected in the name of the
"Town of Takoma Park," before the Mayor or any justice of the peace,
in the same manner as small debts are collected, and the delinquent shall
be committed to the town lock-up or county jail until the same are paid,
with costs.

1929, ch. 169, sec. 15.

968. Whenever it shall become necessary, for any purpose under this
Charter, to serve a notice or process of any kind whatsoever upon any
person or persons owning property within the limits of said town who
may be absent therefrom, or a non-resident thereof, or upon whom for
any other reason personal service cannot be had and the officer shall make
return to that effect, service of said notice or process may be made by a
publication of said notice or process once a week for two consecutive weeks
in some newspaper having general circulation in said town, which said
notice by publication shall be as good and effective as personal service.
The affidavit of the publisher or proprietor of said newspaper as to such
publication shall be evidence of the fact thereof.

1929, ch. 169, sec. 16.

969. The fiscal year shal] begin on the first day of July of each year,
and shall be known by the name of the calendar year in which it begins.

1929, ch. 169, sec. 17.

970. The parts of the several county roads within the limits of said
town are hereby made and declared to be public streets and avenues of
said town, and shall be from time to time improved and repaired, as in the
discretion of the Council the public interests may require and the re-
sources of the town will justify.

1929, ch. 169, sec. 18.

971. The County Commissioners of Montgomery and Prince George's
Counties shall annually pay to the Treasurer of the town that proportion
of the total amount levied for the repair of roads in said counties which
the total amount of property assessed within said town, within the limits
of said respective counties, bears to the total amount of property assessed
in said respective counties, according to the tax books of said counties.