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roads, streets, avenues, or alleys, which now are or shall here-
after be shown, on any plat or addition to the platted part of
said town, as public highways, and accepted by the Mayor and
Town 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 improved and repaired as the public interest
may require and the resources of the town justify.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the County Com-
missioners of Prince George's County and the Board of Road
Commissioners of said county shall pay to the Mayor and Town
Council of Edmonston, or the Treasurer thereof, three-fourths
of all taxes collected for roads and bridges levied on the prop-
erty within the limits of said town, and said sum so paid shall
be expended by the Mayor and Town Council in the repairs
and improvements of the streets and roadways of said town,
said payment to include three-fourths of said taxes so paid on
the levy of 1924, in the event of a vote adopting this Charter
as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be
lawful to sell intoxicants of any kind, in any quantity whatever,
except by prescription of attending physician in regular prac-
tice, nor to grant or issue, nor cause to grant or issue, any
license to sell intoxicating liquors of any kind, in any quantity
whatsoever, except by such prescription within the corporate
limits of Edmonston; and if any such license be granted or
issued in violation thereof, the same shall be void.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Council shall have power to levy, on or before the 30th day of
June for each year, the tax commencing the first day of July,
taxes at such rates as they may find necessary for anticipated
expenses for the coming fiscal year, not to exceed twenty-five
cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation, for the first
year, nor more than fifty cents on the one hundred dollars as-
sessed valuation thereafter, based on the State and county as-
sessments for all purposes, and all taxes so levied shall be a lien
on any and all property of the person, company or corporation
against whom they may be levied, and the taxes for each year
are payable on the first day of July next succeeding! the levy
thereof, and will be in arrears and subject to a legal interest
from and after that date.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the town treasurer as soon as the annual tax levy is made and
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