HARRY HUGHES, Governor                             1015

Article 16 - Montgomery County

66-2.

The county council for Montgomery County shall levy and
cause to be collected from the property owners at the time
of the county tax levy, for the year commencing July 1,
1914, and ending June 30, 1915, and each succeeding year,
within the villages known as "Friendship Heights" and "The
Hills", as named and created by this chapter, the rate, not
less than ten cents nor more than 50 cents on each one
hundred dollars of the assessable value of the real and
personal property in the villages, which is specified to it
on or before June 1 by the village council after public
hearing held thereon by the village council, to be collected
as all other county taxes in the county are collected; to be
paid over by the county council to the treasurer of the
village council herein authorized to be created, or his
successors, selected by the majority of the members of the
village council, upon the treasurer having been duly
selected by a majority of the members of the village
council, and giving corporate bond to Montgomery County,
Maryland, satisfactory to and approved by the chief
administrative officer and the county attorney in a penal
sum to be fixed by them, conditioned upon the faithful
discharge of the duties of the treasurer, and the county
council shall also order and have paid over to the treasurer
the proportion of the county road tax to be levied and
collected in the same manner as though the villages of
"Friendship Heights" and "The Hills" were an incorporated
town, and the villages shall, for the purpose, be considered
by the county council as an incorporated town of the county.
All of the funds [shall] MAY be used directly by or through
the village council [exclusively] for ACQUIRING, BUILDING,
RENOVATING, ALTERING, OR REMOVING STRUCTURES FOR PUBLIC USE;
AND FOR PROVIDING [opening, improving, widening,
maintaining, repairing and lighting the streets, roads,
lanes, alleys, sidewalks, parking, drainage,] sewerage,
sanitation and other village improvements, AND AMENITIES;
RECREATION, PARKS, and for furnishing police and fire
protection, ADMINISTRATIVE, clerical, MAINTENANCE, and other
public service, including the removal of ashes, garbage and
other refuse and the disposal thereof [and], for carrying
out any other general police and health power function
pursuant to this chapter; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING, WIDENING, MAINTAINING, REPAIRING,
AND LIGHTING OF STREETS, ROADS, LANES, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS,
AND DRAINAGE STRUCTURES.

66-9.

(b) The "Friendship Heights Village Council" may pave,
grade, macadamize or otherwise improve the streets, roads,
lanes, or sidewalks within the taxable area. Before any
contract for works is entered into, or any obligation with
respect thereto incurred, notice shall be given to the