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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall stand committed to the county jail until
the same is paid with costs.
23. The council shall have authority to incur
a debt not exceeding five thousand dollars in

May incur
debts.

excess of the annual revenue of the town, and
shall, whenever any such debt is created, pro-
vide for the payment thereof by issuing certifi-
cates of indebtedness at such rate of interest as
the council may deem advisable ; and shall be
payable within five years, in the discretion of
the council.
24. The public buildings and other county

Taxation, etc.

property in said town shall not be subject to
taxation, and shall continue to the uses to which
the same are now allotted ; the judges of the
several courts, shall continue to hold their courts
in the court-house as heretofore ; the commis-
sioners for the county, justices of the peace,
sheriff, constables and all other county and state
officers shall have, hold and exercise their
offices and jurisdiction in said town; and the
commissioners for Montgomery county shall
appropriate annually two-thirds of the tax levied
upon the assessable property within the corpo-
rate limits of the town for the improvement of
the streets within the corporate limits of the
said town, and shall order the collector of the
fourth collection district to pay the same to the
council for that purpose.
25. The council may issue certificates of in-

Make provi-
sion to pay.

debtedness, not exceeding five thousand dollars,
but shall make provision for their payment in
accordance with section twenty-three.
26. The council shall have the same powers as

Power of
council.

are now exercised by the state board of health
of this state, restricted, however, to the limits
of the town.
27. The council shall have full power to regu-

Privies.

late privies and direct the character of boxes or
other fixtures for them, and the mode in which
they shall be emptied and their contents removed,
and shall prohibit the construction or mainten-
ance of privy sinks, cesspools or other deposito-
ries for filth within the corporate limits.
28. The council may appoint annually a scav-
enger, and prescribe his duties and fix his com-
pensation, which shall be paid by a special tax