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accompanied with a ropy o f the aforesaid certifirate. together with a notice of th- 

 nme and place for payment, shall be and become a lien upon s .ii! n -al estate, in 

 front of which said trees have been planted, set out, cr removed- said Ii-n t I. 

 collectible, if not paid in accordance with notice as herein providi d. in the same 

 manner as other liens for taxes are now collectible against th- prop-Tty involved. 



SEC. r>. The cost and expense of caring for said trees after h.-iving 1 n planted 



or set out, and the expense of publishing the notices provided for in section thre,-. 

 shall be borne and paid for by a general tax, to be levied annually in the manner 

 that taxes for township, borough, and city purposes are now levied in such town- 

 ships of the first class, boroughs, or cities; such tax not to exceed the sum of om- 

 tenth of one mill on the dollar on the assessed valuation of the property in siu-h 

 townships of the first class, boroughs or cities; and the needed amount shall each 

 year, in due time be certified by the shade-tree commissioners to the proper authori- 

 ties charged with the assessment of taxes in said townships, boroughs, or cities, to 

 be assessed and paid as other taxes are assessed and paid, and to be drawn against 

 as required by said commissioners, in the same manner as moneys appropriated for 

 township, borough, or city purposes are now drawn against in said townships, 

 boroughs, or cities ; provided, that the commissioners of any township of the first 

 class, and the councils of any borough or city, accepting the-? provisions of this act. 

 may provide for the expenses of the maintenance of trees on highways, in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of this section by actual appropriation, equal to the amount 

 < ertified to be required by the said commission, in lieu of the specific assessment 

 above authorized. 



SEC. 6. The commission, under which the provisions of this act shall be carried 

 out, in any township of the first class, borough, or city, shall have power to employ 

 and pay such superintendents, engineers, foresters, tree wardens, or other assistants. 

 as the proper performance of the duties devolving upon it shall require ; and to 

 make, publish, and enforce regulations for the care of, and to prevent injury to the 

 trees, on the highways of any township, borough, or city accepting the provisions 

 of this act; and to assess suitable fines and penalties for violations of this act 

 provided such regulations shall have been published at least twice in one or ni'>re. 

 not exceeding two. newspapers of the township, borough, or city involved, after 

 having been submitted to and being approved by the commissioners of the township of 

 the first class, or the councils of the borough or city affected; and such fines and 

 penalties, so assessed for violations of this act, shall become iiens upon the real 

 property of the offender, and be collectible by the constituted authorities as liens 

 for taxes upon real property are now collected. 



SEC. 7. All the moneys due and collected from fines or penalties or assessments, 

 in consequence of the acts of said shade-tree commission in enforcing tin's act. shall 

 be paid to the treasurers of the townships, boroughs, and cities accepting its pro- 

 visions, and shall be placed to the credit of said commission, subject to be drawn 

 upon by the said commission for the purposes of this act. 



SEC. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hen by repealed. 



SEC. 9. This act shall take effect immediately: but its provisions shall not be 

 and become binding upon any township, borough, or city until it has IM-H duly 

 accepted, as provided in section two. 



Approved the thirty-first day of May. A.I). 1!M7. 



