72 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 37

said town at the next election; provided however, that if
the next election shall occur more than ninety days there-
after the Mayor and Council shall call a special election for
the purpose of deciding whether such proposed 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 repealed by a majority of the votes cast at this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.

249. The Mayor and Town Council shall have as full
power as the State Board of Health, within the bound-
aries of the said town, for the preservation and pro-
motion of the public health. Health officers appointed
by them shall have full power and authority to quarantine
and enforce such other preventive measures as are
reasonable and necessary. The Mayor and Town Council
may adopt and provide an efficient system of drainage; they
may adopt suitable measures for the removal of trash
ashes, garbage and sewage, and fix the amount to be paid
therefor.

253. All taxes and assessments levied by the Mayor and
Town Council of Colmar Manor shall be due on the first day
of July next succeeding their levy and shall bear interest at
the rate of 6 per centum per annum 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.

255. The Clerk-Treasurer of said Mayor and Town
Council shall prepare, after the first day of February in
each year, a list of all taxes and assessments in default
upon real estate within the corporate limits of the Town
of Colmar Manor, commencing with the tax year 1927.
Said list shall set out respectively the name or names of
the owner or owners of the real estate so listed, a fair
description of each piece of real estate sufficient to notify
the owner or owners thereof that it is his or their
property which is advertised, the amount of the
taxes and/or assessments, interest, penalties and costs
for which the same is liable, and a reference to
the sub-division in which said real estate is situated;
said reference shall be sufficient if made by using the
initial or initials of the sub-division, as, for instance, "L"
for Lenox. The amount of said taxes and/or assessments,
interest, penalties and costs may be indicated by the dol-
lar sign and a decimal point in the same way dollars and