Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-06-21
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
CHAPTER 40.


tied. An Act to repeal and re-enacf
Section is Of Chapter rs Of the Acts of
the General Assembly of 1898. entitled
an act TO repeal and re-enact with
amendments Chapter 621 Of the Acts of
the General Assembly Of 1894. entitled
An Act to incorporate the Town Of
kensington in Montgomery County.
! Maryland.
/ Section l. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly Of Maryland, That Section is
Of Chapter SIS Of the Acts of the General
/ Assembly Of Maryland of 1904. entitled
/ An Act TO repeal and re-enact section Is
[ Of Chapter rs Of the General Assembly of
l 1888, entitled an act to repeal and re-
I enact with amendments Chapter 62l Of
/ the Acts Of the General Assembly Of 1894
I entitled an act to incorporate the Town Of
I kensingtOn in Montgomery county. Mary
land. be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, so as to read as follows
Section l6. On or before the first day Of
June, 1904. and each third year thereaf-
ter the Council shall appoint three asses
sors, freeholders Of said town, who shall. |
under the direction Of said Council. make |
/ an assessment Of all property, real, per-
sonal and mixed in said Town, at fair |
1 cash value at public sale. as near as they !
may be able to determine the value Of |
same, and the Council shall Immediately |
thereupon levy tax thereon not exceed |
/ ing fifty cents on the hundred dollars |
worth OF assessable property in any one |
/ year. provided, however, that should said |
! Council levy tax in excess Of thirty-five |
cents on the hundred dollars worth Of as |
sessable property, then and in that event |
the fund derived from said excess, over |
and above a tax levy Of thrty-five cents |
on the hundred dollars worth Of assessa-
Bile property shall only be applied by said |
Council in payment for lighting the streets I
Of said town by electricity, and all taxes /
so levied shall be a lien on any and all 4
property OF the person or persons against 1
whom they may be levied and any per- 1
son may appeal from the valuation of the 1
said assessors to the Council, which shall |
meet on the first Monday in July, after /
said assessment. and remain in session I
from day to day as long as may be rea-
sonable TO hear and determine said ap- 1
peals, and shall give reasonable notice of |
said meetings, and shall increase or re- /
duce said assessment as they may deem l
just. and the Council shall. once a year. /
before fixing and deciding upon the /
amount Of taxes. licenses to be assessed /
for the ensuing year. cause to be made I
out detailed estimate exhibiting the I
items of liability and expenses during +.
said year. and shall cause the same to be /
published at least three times, once a
week, for three consecutive weeks, in
newspaper published in Montgomery coun-
ty. and after hearing and considering OBJ
jections thereto by the owners Of said
property in said Town, if any such shall
be made, shall revise said detailed esti-
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year such rate Of taxation. not exceeding
nifty cents on every one hundred dollars
worth of property, as they shall deem
necessary. together with other revenues
Of said Town, to meet said revised esti-
mate Of liability and expenditures. Said
revised detailed estimate. together with
the rate Of taxation. shall be published
twice in newspaper published and print
ed in Montgomery county, and the adop-
ton Of said revised detailed estimate
shall thereby be and become the appro-
priation Of the respective amounts for the
respective purposes therein stated, and
the Council shall not audit nor shall the
Clerk draw or sign any checks in pay
ment of any claims unless an apprOpria-
ton therefor shall have been duly signed
therefor by the Mayor Of said Town The
Council shall annually prepare and pub
lish not later than the first day Of May Of
each year, a parallel statement Of the
appropriations and the expenditures IN
der said appropriations Of the funds of
the Town. The Council shall also cause
10 be made from time to time during the
said three years periods assessments Of
Improvements made and Of other proper
ty not contained in the general assess
ment list, and they shall make such other
provisions as in their judgment may be
necessary to carry into full force and
effect the assessments herein provided
for.
Section g. And be il further enacted,
That on the first Monday in May. in the
year 1912, under the regulations Of the
municipal election to be held in the said
Town of kensington on said day, as pro-
vided for in the Charter Of said municipal
corporation. The question as to whether
this act shall take effect shall by the
Mayor and Town Council OF the said Town
Of kensington be submitted to the legal
and qualified voters Of said Town. and all
ballots at said elections shall have print
ed on them the words for the fifteen cent
increase for electric lights, and the words
against the fifteen cent increase for cleo
ric lights, and all voters desiring to vote
against the provisions Of this act shall
mark out the words for the fifteen cent
increase for electric light. and if the
Judges Of election shall decide that a
majority OF the votes cast favor for the /
fifteen cent increase for electric lights: /
then this Act shall be in full force Of law.
otherwise Of no effect. The Judges Of |
election shall. under their hands, certify to |
the Mayor and Town Council Of Kensing- |
ton the result Of the said election.
Section g. And be il further enacted. |
That this Act shall take effect from the |
date Of itsipassage.
Approved, April Il. 1912
CHAPTER 62S.
An Act to authorize the County Commits |
sioners Of Montgomery County TO estab-
lish and define water and sewer dis
tricts in said county, and with power to
construct water mains and sewers, and
extensions Of both, in such districts,
and to issue special tax bills in pay
ment OF the same. which said bills shall
become lien upon the property within
each said district CHARGED Herewith,
| and to provide for the maintenance and
use of such sewers and water mains i'm
said districts.
Section |. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. That the County
Commissioners Of Montgomery county be.
and they are hereby. authorized and en-
powered, in order to accomplish the pur-
poses Of this Act. to construct sewers and
water mains. and extensions Of both. in
any district or portion Of MONTGOMERY
county on petition Of one-half Of the tax
paying voters resident within said district
or districts, with full power to more COM
pletely define such districts,) and with
power TO construct such water mains and
sewers and extensions Of both and to issue
special tax bills in payment for the same,
which such special tax bills shall become
a first lien upon the property within each
said district charged Herewith. and to
provide for the use and maintenance Of
such sewers and mains, and for this pur-
pose all Of the powers and authority vest
ed in the County Commissioners Of Mont
gomery county by an Act Of the General
Assembly, entitled An Act TO create a