1916] OF THE SENATE. 659

Also House Bill No. 209, entitled "An Act to require steam
and electric railway companies to maintain lights at public
road crossings over said railways and at passenger stations
along said railways' lines in the Fifteenth Election District
of Baltimore county, and for other purposes. " [Endorsed:
"Read the third time and passed by yeas and nays. "] [Which
was read the first time and referred to the Committee on
Corporations. ']

Also House Bill No. 510, entitled "An Act to repeal Sec-
tions 220, 233, 240 and 243 of Article 24 of of Code of Public
Local Laws, title 'Worcester County, ' sub-title 'Pocomoke
City, ' as codified by John W. Stanton and legalized by Chap-
ter 405 of the Acts of 1914, and to re-enact the same, with
amendments, and declaring the same an emergency law and
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety. "
[Endorsed: "Read the third time and passed by yeas and
nays. "] [Which was read the first time and referred to the,
Committee on Judicial Proceedings. ]

Also House Bill No. 645, entitled "An Act to repeal and re-
enact, with amendments, Chapter 566 of the Acts of 1914, en-
titled 'An Act to create a special taxing area or district and
to be known as Section 3 of the village of Chevy Chase, Mont-
gomery county, Maryland, ' for the incorporation, election and
succession of a Citizens7 Committee, who shall appoint a sec-
retary-treasurer and other necessary officers; also directing
the Board of County Commissioners of Montgomery county,
Maryland, to pay over to the secretary-treasurer of said Citi-
zens7 Committee for disbursement for improving, maintaining
and repairing county roads, streets and lanes, the money col-
lected on account of the county road tax in the same amount
and manner as is now required by law to be paid to incorpo-
rated towns in said county; also empowering the said Citi-
zens7 Committee, subject to the approval of the said Board of
County Commissioners, to assess the cost of certain special
improvements against the property abutting on streets,
lanes and sidewalks for certain improvements; the collection
of such assessment and disbursements thereof for the benefit
of the residents of said part of said village; also empowering
said Citizens7 Committee, subject to, ' the approval of said
Board of County Commissioners, to acquire by purchase, con-
demnation or otherwise, property for sewerage disposal pur-
poses, and to assess the cost against the property using the
same; to authorize the said Citizens' Committee, subject to
the approval of said Board of County Commissioners, to adopt
regulations with respect to garbage, sanitation, erection of