964 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

by the said County Commissioners to the Treasurer .of a local
association already, or hereafter to be, incorporated under the
laws of this State, for each of such parts or divisions of said
village, upon said Treasurer having been duly selected by such
incorporated association and giving bond to the said County
Commissioners, to be approved by the Judge of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery county in a penal sum to be fixed by
said Judge conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the
duties of said Treasury; to be used by each of such several
local associations directly or through such executive commit-
tee as they may designate and empower for the said purpose
or purposes exclusively for the opening, improving and repair-
ing of roads, streets, sidewalks, parkings, drainage, sanitation,
and other improvements in its respective part of said village
of Chevy Chase and for the furnishing of police protection and
public services, including the removal of ashes, garbage, and
other refuse for the benefit of the residents of said respective
divisions of said village; provided that no such special levy
shall be made on the property of such parts, sections or divi-
sions of said village unless said County Commissioners shall
be petitioned in writing, not later than April 15th preceding
the annual levy of said county, such petition or petitions indi-
cating the desire for such special levy and tax upon the prop-
erty of such part, section, or division of said village for such
purpose or purposes and signed by such number of residents,
citizens or taxpayers of such division, part, or section of said
village as may satisfy said County Commissioners of the fact
that there is a general public demand on the part of the resi-
dents, citizens and taxpayers of such section of said village
for such special levy and such special tax, and when said

County Commissioners are so petitioned, they may levy and
cause to be collected from the property owners of each of said
divisions or parts of said village such special tax for such pur-
poses, but no such special levy of such special tax shall be
made on such property unless notice of the intention of said
County Commissioners to make such special levy, the purpose

or purposes therefor, and amount thereof and approximate
effect of such levy on the tax rate of such division or section of
said village, shall be published in one or more newspapers of
said county for two consecutive weeks, designating the date
upon which said County Commissioners shall meet for the
purpose of hearing objections to said special levy; and upon
the date fixed for such hearing, said Commissioners shall hear
the advocates and opponents of such special levy, and there-
after determine the amount if any of such special levy for each
or any of said divisions or parts of said village, but in no case
shall said special levy be greater than fifty (50) cents on each