Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-05-05
Drummond Tax Law.

An Act to create q special taxing area
or district to be known as the Village of
Drummond. MONTGOMERY County. Maryland,
and to authorize, empower and direct the
Board of County Commissioners of Mont
eomery County to make special annual
levies of thirty-five cents on each one hun
dred (lOO) dollars of the assessable value
OF the real and personal property Of the
said village in Montgomery county. Mary
land. within the boundaries Of said village,
for the purpose of opening, improving,
widening, maintaining, repairing and light
ing the streets, roads. lanes, approaches.
alleys, sidewalks, parking. drainage. sew
erage, sanitation and other village inn
provements and for furnishing police and
fire protection. clerical and other public
services, including the removal of ashes,
garbage and other refuse, and the disposal
thereof, and for the enforcement of the
requirements of all conveyances of land.
situated in said village, and the promulga-
tion of building and other regulations for
the reduction of the amount of said special
annual levy for the selection and success
sion of committee to be known as the
Drummond Citizens Committee, who shall
appoint Treasurer who shall receive and
disburse said funds; also directing the
said Board of County Commissioners to
pay ONCE " Tic lIcdSuIcE Vi odlu NuldBc
for disbursement for any of the aforesaid
purposes the money collected on account
of the county road tax in the same amount
and manner now required by law to be
paid to incorporated towns in said county
also empowering the said Citizens Com
mittee, 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,
roads, lanes and sidewalks for certain i'm
provements the collection of such assess
ments and disbursement thereof for the
benefit of the residents Of said village
also for the petitioning of the resident
property owners for the said special inn
provements.
Section l. Be ii enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That for the pur
poses Of this Act the village of Drummond.
Montgomery county. Maryland. as herein
after described, shall constitute a special
tax area or district and shall be deemed
and taken to comprise certain parcels of
land, namely: The subdivision in said
Montgomery county called "Drummond" as
per plat No. 48 recorded in Plat Book No. /,
one of the land records for said Mont
gomery county, and the adjoining sub
division called First Addition to Drum
mond" as per plat 80 recorded in said
Plat Book No. l.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That
the Board of County Commissioners of
Montgomery county are hereby authorized.
empowered and directed to levy and cause
to be collected from the property owners
at the time of the county tax levy for the
year commencing July |. 1916. and ending
June 80, 1917, and each succeeding year.
within the said village. known as Drum
mond, as named and created by this Act.
thirty-five cents on each one hundred QO0)
dollars of the assessable value Of the real
and personal property in said village. to
be collected as all other county taxes in
said county are collected; to be paid
over by said Board Of County Commits
/ sioners to the Treasurer of the Committee
herein authorized to be created, or his
successors selected by the majority of the
members of said committee, upon said
Treasurer having been duly selected by a
majority of said committee. and giving
bond to said Board of County Commission
ers to be approved by the Judge of the
Circuit Court for Montgomery county, in
penal sum to be fixed by said Judge, con-
ditiOned upon the faithful discharge of the
duties of said Treasurer; the said Board of
County Commissioners shall also order and
have paid over to said Treasurer the pro-
portion of the county road tax to be levied
and collected in the same manner as
though the said village Of Drummond was
an incorporated town, and the said village
shall. for that purpose be considered by
said Board of County Commissioners as an
| incorporated town in said county all of
said funds to be used directly by or through
said committee, exclusively for opening,
| improving widening, maintaining, repair
| ing and lighting the streets, roads, lanes.
approaches, alleys. sidewalks, parking,
drainage, sewerage, sanitation and other
village improvements. and for furnishing
police and fire protection, clerical and
other public service, including the removal
Of ashes, garbage and other refuse, and
the disposal thereof, and for the enforce
ment Of the requirements of all convey
ances for properties situated in said village,
and for enforcing such building, sanitary
and other regulations as said committee,
subject to the approval of the Board of
County Commissioners. may prescribe for
said village, or for any part thereof
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That If
in any year the majority of the said Drum
mond Citizens Committee shall decide the
sum hereinbefore authorized to be taxed
and levied is in excess of the amount requir-
ed for the ensuing year, then and in that
event, the said committee may, on or be-
fore April is of any year, notify in writing
the County Commissioners of Montgomery
county to make a reduction in the said
levy of thirty-five cents on each one hun
dTed Q00) dollars of assessable property
value. as hereinbefore provided for. the
amount of said reduction to be determined
by the said committee and specified in the
said notification to the County Commits
nd int Of
ton the Board Of County Commissioners
of Montgomery county is authorized. en-
powered and directed to make levy less
than the said thirty-five cents in the
amount determined and specified by the
said committee.
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this Act
until the first Monday in May 1917, the
said committee for the said village of
DrummOnd shall be constituted as follows
Perry X. Thurston, John A. Flemming
and William d. Shoemaker the first named
shall. until otherwise directed by said COM
mittee, be and constitute the chairman
thereof. each Of whom shall qualify as
such committeeman by taking the oath
prescribed by the Constitution Of this State
in case any of such persons shall fail to
so qualify within twenty days after the
passage of this Act, or any of their sue
cessors shall fail to so equality within TWEEN
ty days after election as such committee
man. as hereinafter provided or in case of
any vacancy through death, resignation or
otherwise. the remaining committeeman
shall fill such vacancy by the appointment
of another qualified under this Act to hold
such office, who shall hold Office for such
term or unexpired term. On the first Mon
day in May in the year 1917 and on the
same day in each year thereafter. an cleo
ton shall be held in the said village Of
Drummond for the election of three COM
mitteemen, each Of whom shall have been
a resident of said village of Drummond for
six months previous to said election. and
over the age Of twenty-One years. the
three said committeeman to be and consti-
tute the Drummond Citizens Committee