368 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 178

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That said Northwest Park
Citizens' Committee shall not expend for material or work in
connection with any one undertaking a sum exceeding three
hundred (300) dollars without first having advertised for not
less than once a week for three weeks in a newspaper published
in the City of Washington and likewise in a Montgomery
County newspaper the specifications therefor and inviting bids
for the same, after which said committee may purchase such
material or make contract for such work, or have such work
done by employing labor, or otherwise, as it may deem best;
provided that in no event shall more than five hundred (500)
dollars be expended on any one project without the consent in
writing of two-thirds of the residents of said village of North-
west Park.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said Board of
County Commissioners may upon recommendation of the North-
west Park Citizens' Committee adopt such regulations with
respect to dumping of garbage, sanitation, erection of build-
ings, care of property, or other police or health regulations,
and provide penalties for the violation thereof as said Board
may deem proper, which regulation may be enforced by or
through said committee.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That said members of
said Northwst Park Citizens' Committee, for the purpose of
making contracts or otherwise incurring liabilities in the per-
formance of the duties provided by this Act shall be considered
in law as a corporation, and are not to be held individually or
personally in connection therewith.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of
said Northwest Park Citizens' Committee shall deposit all funds
coming into his hands, as such, in depositary or depositaries as
may be designated by the majority vote of said committee, duly
recorded in the minutes thereof, to his credit, as such Treas-
urer, and that said Treasurer shall not dispose of any of the
funds coming into his hands, as such Treasurer, except upon
cheek, duly signed by him, as such Treasurer, and countersigned
by the chairman of said committee, or some member thereof
acting as chairman; said acting chairman shall be duly author-
ized to act by resolution of said committee which must be first
placed upon the minutes of the committee.

Approved April 10th, 1918.