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1924, ch. 508, sec. 19.

823. The Mayor and Council shall have full power to control and pro-
tect publio grounds owned by the Town of North Brentwood, whether
within the corporate limits or outside of said town.

1924, ch. 508, sec. 20.

824. No ordinance passed by the Mayor and Town Council shall go
into effect until after the expiration of thirty days after its passage, unless
otherwise provided by the laws of this State. If within thirty 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
Town Clerk, such ordinance shall be suspended, and the Mayor and Town
Council shall reconsider it, and if it be not repealed the Mayor and Town
Council shall submit it to a vote of the duly qualified voters of said town
at the next election; provided, however, that if the next election shall
occur more than ninety days thereafter, the Mayor and Town Council
shall call a special election for the purpose of deciding whether such pro-
posed ordinance shall or shall not become a law, and the same shall become
operative or repealed by a majority of the votes cast at this election.

1929, ch. 556, sec. 24.

825. All taxes levied by the Mayor and City Council of North Brent-
wood on real estate and franchises to use the streets shall be due on the
first day of July next succeeding their levy and shall bear interest from
that date. On such as remain unpaid after the first day of November
following, there shall accrue, in addition to said interest, a penalty of
one-half of one per cent, for each whole month that may elapse thereafter,
until paid, or a sale for default shall have been finally ratified by the
Court. All special assessments made by the said Mayor and City Council
shall bear the same rate of interest, as is now prescribed by law, upon all
unpaid installments for a period of two years from the respective dates
of such assessments, and thereafter, in addition to such interest, there
shall accrue a penalty of one-half of one per cent, for each whole month
that may elapse, until paid, or a sale for default shall have been finally
ratified by the Court.

1929, ch. 556, sec. 25.

826. The Treasurer of the Mayor and City Council of Brentwood shall
be the collector of all taxes levied, and special assessments made by it,
and shall have full power to enforce payment thereof by the sale of the
property liable therefor, and to convey a good title to any such property
sold by him. Taxes and special assessments levied upon real estate shall
be a lien thereon from the date the same are levied or made.

1939, ch. 556, sec. 26.

827. The Treasurer of said Mayor and City Council shall prepare,
after the first day of February in each year, a list of all taxes in default
levied, and all special assessments not paid within two years from the