478 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 239

SEC. 140. The Crier of the Circuit Court shall receive Two
Dollars and a half ($2. 50) per day for every day his presence
may be required and is in attendance on the Circuit Court, and
this amount shall be in lieu of all other compensation and fees.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first of June, 1916.

Approved April 11th, 1916.

CHAPTER 239.

AN ACT to create a special taxing area or district and to be
known as Martin's Additions 1, 2, 3 and 4 to the Village of
Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland, for the incor-
poration, election and succession of a Citizens' Committee,
who shall appoint a Secretary-Treasurer and other necessary
officers, also directing the Board of County Commissioners
of Montgomery County, Maryland, to pay over to the Secre-
tary-Treasurer of said Citizens' Committee for disbursement
for improving, maintaining and repairing county roads,
streets and lanes, the money collected on account of the
county road tax in the same amount and manner as is now
required by law to be paid to incorporated towns in said
county; also empowering the said Citizens' Committee, sub-
ject to the approval of the said Board of County Commis-
sioners, to assess the cost of certain special improvements
against the property abutting on streets, lanes and sidewalks
for certain improvements; the collection of such assessment
and disbursement thereof for the benefit of the residents of
said part of said village; also empowering said Citizens'
Committee, subject to the approval of said Board of County
Commissioners to acquire by purchase, condemnation or
otherwise property for sewerage disposal purposes, and to
assess the cost against the property using the same; to
authorize said Citizens' Committee, subject to the approval
of said Board of County Commissioners, to adopt regula-
tions with respect to garbage, sanitation, erection of build-
ings, tearing up of streets, speed regulations, care of prop-
erty, removal of snow, ice, and other police and health regu-
lations; to provide penalties for the violation thereof; to
authorize Justices of the Peace in said county to try and
punish violators of said regulations and the sheriff of said