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to the action of debt or such other civil remedies as may exist in such
cases by law for the recovery of the penalties thereunto affixed, they may
affix thereto such reasonable fines, not exceeding fifty dollars in any case,
as to them may appear right, and in default of the payment of any fine
imposed, they may provide for the imprisonment of -the offenders for a
period not exceeding thirty days, or until the fines are paid; provided,
that no ordinance shall be adopted except by a yea and nay vote, and the
names of the members of the Council voting for and against the same
shall be entered in the minutes.

(C) The Council is hereby authorized to pay over to the Board of
County School Commissioners of Montgomery and, or, Prince George's
County, such sums as may in the discretion of the Council be necessary
or advisable, for expenditure within the corporate limits of the town, for
the purpose of aiding in the acquisition of land for school and playground
sites; aiding in the construction, operation, and maintenance of public
school buildings; assisting in the payment of salaries of public school
teachers, and generally to aid in promoting the efficiency of the public
schools located within the limits of the town. Such sums may, for the
purposes named in this subsection, be appropriated from the funds in the
treasury of the town not otherwise appropriated or allotted at the date of
the enactment of this Charter; or such sums may be paid from the general
revenue of the town; or such sums may be raised by creating indebtedness
for the purpose as provided in Subsection 961-I* of this Charter.

(D) Whenever any work of any nature is to be performed the esti-
mated cost of which exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), which
estimate shall be entered on the minutes of the Council, notice of two
weeks shall be given by posting in some conspicuous places in the town,
and publication at least twice during that period, in some newspaper of
general circulation in the town, that bids will be received for said work.
When the estimated cost of such work does not exceed one thousand dol-
lars ($1,000.00), the contract therefor may be let or the work performed
by the said Council without previous posting and publication of notice.
The Council may reject any or all bids and advertise anew. When a con-
tract is awarded for work the estimated cost of which exceeds five hundred
dollars ($500.00) it shall be by ordinance duly passed.

(E) It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to provide a
place for betting or gaming purposes or to bet, wager, or gamble in any
manner or by any means, or to make or sell pools within the corporate
limits of the town of Takoma Park, Maryland, on the result of any race
of any kind.

(F) The said Council shall have power by ordinance to provide for
the puishment of any person, persons or corporations who shall violate
any of the provisions of this section by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars
($50.00) in any one case, or imprisonment in the county jail of the county

*Thls reference is apparently an error