970 LAWS or MARYLAND. [CH. 434

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That said Chevy Chase
Citizens' Committee of said Section 5 shall not expend for
material or work a sum exceeding five hundred (500) dollars
without having first advertised the specifications therefor and
invited bids for the same, after which said Committee may
purchase such material or make contract for such work, or
have such work done by employed labor, or otherwise, as it
may deem best; and provided, further, that said Committee
may make contracts, after due advertisement, fox lighting
said Section 5 of said village for periods of five years, but
no longer period at a time; and provided, further, that no mem-
ber of said Citizens' Committee shall furnish any supplies of
any kind or contract in any manner with said Citizens, Com-
mittee.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Citizens'
Committee of said Section 5, subject to the approval of the
said Board of County Commissioners, may adopt such regu-
lations with respect to dumping of garbage, sanitation, erection
of buildings, tearing up of streets, speed regulations, care of
property, removal of snow and ice, or other police or health
regulations, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof,
as said Committee may deem proper, which regulations shall
be enforced by or through said Committee. Such penalties shall
be recoverable before a magistrate or justice of the peace of
Montgomery County, Md., for the use of said Citizens' Com-
mittee; provided, however, that if, after due notice, any regu-
lation requiring the removal of unsightly weeds or debris from
or the abatement of any nuisance upon any property within
said Section 5, is not complied with by the owner of the pro-
perty in a reasonable time, the said Citizens' Committee shall
have the authority to have said work done at a reasonable price
and to assess the cost thereof against the property of the de-
linquent party, the same to become a lien against said property
and to be collected in the same manner as the County taxes are
collected and turned over to the Treasurer of the said Citizens'
Committee of said Section 5.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted. That, for the purpose of
making the improvements provided for in Section 4 of this Act
or for making improvements from time to time other than main-
tenance and repairs, the said Citizens' Committee are hereby
authorized and empowered to borrow money and otherwise eon-
tract indebtedness and obligate said Section 5 in amounts not