968 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 434

within sixty days after the passage of this Act, or any of
their successors shall fail to qualify within sixty days after
his election as Committeeman, as hereinafter provided, or in
case of any vacancy through death, resignation, or otherwise,
the remaining Committeemen shall fill such vacancy by the
appointment of a resident owner of real property of legal age
in said Section 5 of said village, who shall hold office for such
term or unexpired term.

On the first Tuesday in April, 1923, two members of the
said Citizens' Committee shall be elected to serve for one year,
and three members to serve for two years. On the first Tues-
day in April. 1924, and on the first Tuesday in April of each
following year an election shall be held at which Committeemen
shall be elected for two years to succeed those whose terms
expire, and at which Committeemen shall be elected to fill any
vacancies which may exist, but the Committeemen so elected
to fill such vacancies shall serve for the remainder of the un-
expired term only. The election shall be by ballot in a manner
to be prescribed by said Citizens' Committee. Only residents
of legal age of said Section 5, who shall have resided therein
for not less than six months next preceding said election, shall
be entitled to vote for or hold the office of Committeeman.
Following each election each newly elected member of said
Citizens' Committee shall qualify by taking an oath before
any officer in said Montgomery County authorized by law to
administer oaths to diligently and faithfully discharge all
duties of the office. Said Committee shall select from their
members a Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, and any other offi-
cers they may deem necessary.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said Chevy Chase
Citizens' Committee of said Section 5 is empowered to grade,
pave, macadamize, or otherwise improve any existing dedicated
street, road or lane, or any county road, street, or lane which
has been or which may be acquired and opened for public use but
which is ungraded, unpaved, or unimproved, and to lay side-
walks and curbs thereon; provided that said Citizens' Com-
mittee, subject to the approval of the Board of County Com-
missioners, and after due publication thereof, shall have power
to assess the cost of said grading, paving, macadamizing, or
improving against the property abutting on said street, road,
lane or sidewalk, in proportion to the frontage of said abut-
ting property on the same. Any tax so assessed as above pro-