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all taxes collected for roads and budges levied on the property within the
limits of said town, and said sum so paid shall be expended by the Mayor
and Town Council in the repairs and improvements of the streets and
roadways of said town, said payment to include three-fourths of said taxes
so paid on the levy of 1924, in the event of a vote adopting this Charter
as hereinafter provided

1924 ch 154, sec 16

414. It shall not be lawful to sell intoxicants of any kind, in any
quantity whatever, except by prescription of attending physician in regu-
lar practice, nor to grant oi issue, nor cause to grant or issue, any license
to sell intoxicating liquors of any kind, in any quantity whatsoever, except
by such prescription within the corporate limits of Edmonston, and if
any such license be granted or issued in violation thereof, the same shall
be void

1924, ch 154, sec 17

415. The Mayor and Council shall have power to levy, on or before
the 30th day of June for each year, the tax commencing the first day of
July, taxes at such rates as they may find necessary for anticipated ex-
penses for the coming fiscal yeai, not to exceed twenty-five cents on the
one hundred dollars assessed valuation, for the first year, nor more than
fifty cents on the one hundied dollais assessed valuation thereafter, based
on the State and county assessments for all purposes, and all taxes so levied
shall be a lien on any and all property of the person, company or corpora-
tion against whom they may be levied, and the taxes for each year are pay-
able on the first day of July next succeeding the levy theieof, and will be
in airears and subject to a legal interest from and after that date

1924, ch 154 sec 18

416. It shall be the duty of the town treasurer as soon as the annual
tax levy is made and placed in his hands for collection to give notice by
advertisement in one newspaper published in the county, and proceed to
the collection of taxes through the town of Edmonston in compliance with
the laws for collection of State and county taxes in Prince George's County

1924, ch 154 sec 19

417. The Mayor and Council shall have full power to control and pro
tect public grounds owned by the town of Edmonston, whether within the
corporate limits or outside of said town

1924 ch 154 sec 20

418. No ordinance passed by the Mayor and Town Council shall so
into effect until after the expiration of thirty days after its passage, unless
otherwise provided by the laws of this State If within thuty days from
the date of its passage, a petition protesting against it signed by one-half
as many voters as voted at the last general election shall be filed with the