ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1175

so assessed and expended, the amount may be collected from
said owners by suit before a justice of the peace or the circuit-
court and the judgment of such court shall become a first lien
upon such properties; provided, however, that payment thereof
may be made in three equal annual installments, with interest
on deferred payments. The Mayor and Council shall have full
power to provide for such fines, penalties and punishment for
the breach of its ordinances as it may think proper. The
Justice of the Peace may impose such fines or penalties for the
breach of such ordinances and in default of payment he may
commit the offender to confinement for a period of not more
than thirty days in the county jail.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Council shall have the same power as the State Board of
Health, within the boundaries of the said town. They may
adopt and provide an efficient system of drainage; they may
adopt suitable measures for the removal of garbage and sewage,
and fix the amount to be paid therefor.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That all roads, streets,
avenues, or alleys, which are now or shall hereafter be shown,
on any plat or addition to the platted part of said town, as
public highways, and accepted by the Mayor and Council as
such, are hereby made and declared to be public streets, avenues
and alleys of said town, and shall be from time to time im-
proved and repaired as the public interest may require and the
resources of the town justify.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Prince George's County, Maryland, shall annu-
ally pay over to the Clerk of the said town of Colmar Manor,
three-fourths of that proportion of the entire taxes levied for
roads and bridges imposed upon the assessable property within
the boundaries of the said town of Colmar Manor by the
County Commissioners of Prince George's County, to be ex-
pended upon the streets, roads, avenues and alleys of the town
as the Mayor and Council may see fit.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Council is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to levy
and cause to be collected annually taxes at the rate of 25 cents
on each $100. 00 of the assessed valuation of the real and per-
sonal property in said town based on the State and County
assessments for all purposes, and any taxes so levied shall be a
lien on any and all property of the person, company or cor-