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declared to be a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
is punishable by a fine not to exceed $100. 00 and forfeiture
of office.

959-E. (952-E) (E). (The Chief Police Officer shall
act under the immediate direction of the Mayor and shall
perform such duties as the latter may direct. He shall pre-
serve the peace, prevent disorderly or irregular meetings
and shall enforce all ordinances of the town; he shall serve
such notices and process required by this Charter or by
any ordinance passed by virtue thereof, as directed, and
may be allowed the same fees therefor as are allowed for
like service in the State or County. )

The Chief Police Officer, and all police officers of said
Town, shall act under the immediate direction of the Mayor
and shall perform such duties, in addition to those herein
prescribed, as the said Mayor may direct. The said Chief
Police Officer and all other police officers of the Town shall
preserve the peace, prevent disorderly or irregular meet-
ings, and shall enforce and cause to be enforced all ordi-
nances and police regulations of the Town and all State
and County laws within the corporate limits of the Town,
and shall make and cause to be made all lawful arrests for
and prosecute any and all violations of the ordinances and
police regulations of the said Town and any and all viola-
tions of any law of the State of Maryland, or of the Coun-
ties of Montgomery and of Prince George's respectively,
committed within the corporate limits of said Town, and
shall swear out all necessary warrants therefor. Such Chief
Police Officer and all such other police officers shall serve
all such notices and process required by this Charter or by
any ordinance passed by virtue thereof, as directed, and
may be allowed the same fees therefor as are allowed for
like service in the State or in said Counties respectively.

963-F. (956-F). On or before the last day of June in
each year, the Council shall, by ordinance, levy the gen-
eral taxes for the fiscal year next ensuing, which taxes
shall not exceed two dollars ($2. 00) on each one hundred
dollars of assessed valuation. Such taxes shall be due on the
first day of July following, and if the taxes due from any
person or corporation shall not be paid before the first day
of November following, there shall be added on that day a
penalty of one per centum thereof, and a like penalty of
one per centum on the first day of each succeeding month,
until such taxes and penalties shall be paid; provided, how-