Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-06-15

of the penalties thereunto affixed, the,
may afflX thereto such reasonable fines
not exceeding fifty dollars in any case
as to them may appear right, and in de
fault of the payment of any line i'm
posed, they may provide for the impris
onment of the offenders for period no
exceeding thirty days, or until the fin,
is paid; provided, that no ordinance
shall be adopted except by yea and nay
vote ami the names of the members Of
the council voting for and against the
same shall be entered In the minutes.
IL. The council may, whenever they
think the public interest requires It,
cause an assessment to be made of al
real and personal property within the
corporate limits of said town, subject tC
assessment for county or State taxes
and they may prescribe the manner In
which such assessment shall be made
and provide for adjusting all differences
in relation to such assessment, and to dc
all other things necessary for making
such assessment; provided, such assess
ment shall not exceed the assessment
for state and county purposes; and the
council may levy tax not exceeding in
any one year seventy-five cents ON the
one hundred dollars worth of assessable
property.
II. The bailiff shall, within sixty days
after the receipt of such list and war
rant, render to each person named there
in an account of the taxes due by such
persons and If he cannot render to any
person such account by reason of his
non residence or otherwise, during said
time, he shall at the expiration of said
sixty days publish in some newspaper
published in the county where the prop
erty lies list of all taxes in default
once In each successive week for three
weeks, giving notice to the parties so as
sessed and in default that unless before
u day to be named within they shall pay
the taxes so due and in default, that he
will offer the same at public sale to the
highest bidder for cash to pay said taxes
SO due and in default, which publication
shall contain the name or names of the
person or persons to whom the property
is assessed and shall give brief descrip-
ton of the property to be then sold. On
The day named In said publication the
bailltf shall proceed to sell all property
upon which taxes have not been paid up
to said date, to the highest bidder for
cash, provided that no property shall be
sold for less than the amount of taxes
due thereon and the pro rate costs at
tendant on such sale. The said bailiff
shall within fifteen days after said sale
shall make aud file Il report with the
Circuit Court for the county in which
said property lies setting forth the pro.
ceedings in the premises in detail, with
a copy of the printed list and notice
and also showing TO whom.
at what price, and for what sum of
money actually received by him such
several pieces of property were sold re-
spectively: the Court to wherein said
report shall be made shall order notice
to be given by advertisement published
once in each OF three successive weeks
In such newspapers as the said Court
shall direct warning all persons inter-
ested In any OF the property so sold, to
be aud appear by certain day in said
notice to be named, to show cause, if
amy portion OF said property should not
be confir med, and if no cause or INSULT
cient cause be shown to the ratification
of the sale of any of said property, said
sale shall be ratified and confirmed, and
the purchaser on the payment of the
purchase money have good title TO the
property sold
Is. The Mayor shall execute and deliv-
pi " tuO puECUhbeT " ueGu vi tUB property 80
sold but whenever any land shall be sold
by the bailiif, as aforesaid, the owner thereof
prior to the sale may redeem the same by
paying into court to be paid to the purcha-
ser thereof, within the period of six calendar
months from the date Of such sale the amount
of the purchase money, with interest thereon
at the rate of twenty per cent. per annum
from the date of sale.
"a. The council shall have authority 10
incur Indebtedness not exceeding three per
cent. of the assessed value OF all property
within the corporate limits In excess of the
annual revenue of the town, and SHALL when
ever any such debt is created, provide for the
payment thereof by the issuing certificates Of
Indebtedness at such rate of interest as the
council may deem advisable, which shall be
payable within twenty years, in the discre-
ton of said council provided, however,
that no such debt shall be incurred and no
such certificate of Indebtedness issued except
passed by yeas and nays, specify the particu-
lar purpose or purposes for which the indebt-
edness is to be created, the amount, the rate
of interest and the manner OF payment; they
shall thenprovide In said ordinance for su bmit-
ting the question of the creation Of such debt
TO the resident taxpayers of the town at q
special municipal election 10 be called by the
council Ior tnat purpose, notce OF which
shaii De posted IN hve conspicuous places IN
the town, and published in some newspaper
of general circulation therein for three weeks
next preceding sucn eiecuon, not less than
two insertions each week the notce ana
puDliGation snail recite the ordnance ana
describe Tue ihdeDteoness 10 De crealeo. me
baiio's snail De prinied, for inc deot ana
Against tne ueot. u Wo-thiros OF Tue
resident taxpayers OF the Town, 30 Young al
such election, snail Voie IN favor OF tne DEBT,
ana not otherWiSe, the councii may incur
soch deot ana issue ,ne amount OF certlhcales
OF Indebtedness 30 specihed PROVIDED, tnat
the payment OF dog-tax snail NOT constitute
any person taxpayer wi,hin the intent OF
THIS secion' ana PROVIDED also, that resi-
dence OF SIX months 10 said Town snail DC ne
eessary 10 quarry taxpayer 10 vote uhder
the provisions OF this Section.
The council may in addition issue special
improvement bonds to pay for any work or
improvement authorized by the charter, in
the manner following: They shall prepare an
ordinance specifying the nature and estimated