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of the same is expedient and proper, the said board shall have
authority to grant such franchise for such money compensa-
tion as it shall upon inquiry determine proper and as may be
prescribed by said board, for a period not longer than twenty-
five years, but such grant may, at the option of the said board,
provide for giving the grantee the right, and fair revaluation,
including in such revaluation the value, if any, derived from
the said franchise or right to renewals, not exceeding in the
aggregate twenty-five years. Every grant of any such f ran
chise or right shall make provisions, by way of forfeiture of
the grant, for the purpose of compelling compliance with the
terms thereof and to secure efficiency of public service at rea-
sonable rates and the maintenance of the property in good
condition throughout the full term of the grant. The grant
shall also specify the mode of determining the valuation and
revaluation which may be provided for therein, and the time
limitation in which there shall be an exercise of the rights
given, and in default thereof for a lapse of the grant.

177x. When the grant of a franchise or right is made in
compliance with the aforegoing sections, the said County Com-
missioners of Montgomery county shall not part with, but shall
expressly reserve the right and duty at all times to exercise
full municipal control and regulation in respect to all matters
connected with said grant not inconsistent with the terms
thereof.

177y. Nothing in Section 177v to 177x inclusive, shall be
construed as affecting any private rights or the right of ad-
jacent landholder as now held and enjoyed by law.

177z. All monies received by the County Commissioners of
Montgomery county under the provisions of this sub-title shall
be applied to the general road and bridge account of the
county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1910.

CHAPTER 383.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Mont
gomery county to make special annual levies of not more
than fifty (50) cents on each one hundred dollars ($ 100) of
the assessable property of the village" of Chevy Chase, Mont-
gomery county, Maryland, according to and by certain divi-
sions of said village, for the purpose of opening, improving