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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 180.

AN ACT to repeal chapter sixty-nine, of the acts of

Assembly of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and

the section therein provided to be added to the

Code of Public Local Laws in relation to the

levying of direct tax by the Mayor and City Coun-

cil of Baltimore, and to re-enact the said section

with amendments.

Repealed and
re-enacted.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That chapter sixty-nine, of the acts of As-

sembly of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled

" an act to add to the fourth article of the Code of

Public Local Laws, the following section to enable

the Mayor and City Council for the City of Balti-

more to levy and collect a direct tax, and to limit the

amount thereof to twelve hundred thousand dollars

annually, " and the section therein provided to be

added to the Code of Public Local Laws, be and the

same are hereby repealed, and the said section is

hereby re-enacted so as to read as follows :

The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, is

Levy annually

hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually

upon the assessable property of the city, by direct

tax, with full power to provide by ordinance for the

collection of the same, such sum of money as may be

necessary, in the judgment of the said Mayor and

City Council, for the purpose of defraying the ex-

penses of said corporation over and exclusive of all

expenses, charges and sums of money, which the said

Mayor and City Council, is, or shall be required by

law to collect for other purposes.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, April 1st, 1874.