1688 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 558

upon said Treasurer having been duly selected by a majority
of the members of said Committee, upon said Treasurer having
been duly selected by a majority of such Committee, and giving
[bond to said Board of County Commissioners, to be approved
by the Judge of the Circuit Court for said Montgomery County,
in a penal sum to be fixed by said Judge, ] corporate bond to
Montgomery County, Maryland, satisfactory to and approved
by the County Manager and the County Attorney in a penal
sum to be fixed by them, conditioned upon the faithful dis-
charge of the duties of said Treasurer, and said [Board of
County Commissioners] County Council shall also order and
have paid over to said Treasurer the proportion of the County
road tax to be levied and collected in the same manner as
though the said villages of "Friendship Heights" and "The
Hills" were an incorporated town, and said villages shall, for
the purpose, be considered by said [Board of County Com-
missioners] County Council as an incorporated town of said
County; all of said funds to be used directly by or through said
Committee, exclusively for opening, improving, widening, main-
taining, repairing and lighting the streets, roads, lanes, alleys,
sidewalks, parking, drainage, sewerage, sanitation and other
village improvements, and for furnishing police and fire pro-
tection, clerical and other public service, including the removal
of ashes, garbage and other refuse and the disposal thereof.

812. The [Board of County Commissioners of] County
Council for Montgomery County [are] is authorized, empower-
ed and directed to levy and cause to be collected from the
property owners, at the time of the County Tax Levy for the
year 1924, or any succeeding year, within said described area
of North Chevy Chase as named or created in this sub-title,
such amounts not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred
(100) dollars worth of assessable property in said part of the
Village of North Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland,
as may be requested by a majority vote of the resident real
estate owners of legal age, who are assessed as owners of real
estate in such area present at a meeting called for such pur-
pose by the Citizens' Committee hereinafter provided for, notice
of which meeting shall have been mailed to all such resident
owners at least two weeks in advance of the meeting. Such
taxes shall be collected as all county taxes in said county are
collected, and shall be paid over by the [Board of County
Commissioners] County Council to the Treasurer of said
Citizens' Committee of the Village of North Chevy Chase, to
be selected from among their number by a majority of the
members of said Citizens' Committee, or by their successors
to be selected as herein provided. Upon said Treasurer having
been duly selected by such committee and having given [bond