Chevy Chase                                     2093

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Cheverly,
Maryland, are of the considered opinion that certain amendments should
be made to the Town Charter to include street lighting as assessable street
construction costs;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED BY
THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF CHEVERLY, MARYLAND,
that Article VII "Powers" of the Charter and Local Laws of the Town of
Cheverly, Maryland, be and the same is hereby amended to read and provide
as hereinafter set forth:

Section C-24. Benefit assessments authorized.

"The Mayor and Town Council shall have the power to assess against
the abutting property and collect from the owners thereof the initial cost
of constructing roadbeds, alleys, curbs, sidewalks, gutters and street im-
provements, including the costs of street and public alley intersections and
the installation of street lighting, all construction costs, including that for
drains and culverts where necessary, excavation, preparation of prelim-
inary plans, advertising for bids, and all costs for the preparation of ordi-
nances pertaining to the improvements of any such street cost for verifica-
tion of title, and cost for preparation of assessment collection rolls to be
supplied for the use of the Town Treasurer."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a fair summary of this resolu-
tion be published not less than four (4) times at not less than weekly
intervals within a period of forty (40) days after the date of adoption in
a newspaper having general circulation in the Town of Cheverly and a
complete copy of the resolution shall be posted in a public place within
Cheverly for a period of at least forty (40) days following its adoption.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this amendment to the Char-
ter and. Local Laws of the Town of Cheverly shall become and be consid-
ered a part of the Charter, according to the terms of the amendment,
and in all respects to be effective and observed as such upon the fiftieth
(50) day following the date of adoption unless on or before the fortieth
(40) day after adoption there shall be presented to the Mayor and Town
Council of Cheverly a petition for referendum in Accordance with Section
13 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of
Maryland (1957 Edition), as amended.

Adopted: April 8, 1971
Test: David J.Ferguson

Thomas W. Kerley, Mayor

E. C. Clark, Councilman

George M. Boyd, Councilman

Robert W. O'Connors, Councilman

Jos. B. Jochum, Councilman

Robert W. Heffron, Councilman

Mary B. Eller, Councilman

CHEVY CHASE

Montgomery County

"WHEREAS, it has been the practice of the Town Council of Chevy
Chase, Section Four, for a period of years to set up a revolving fund as the
Manager's fund out of which he has paid the weekly wages of men employed