2690 ARTICLE 81.

An. Code, sec. 253. 1916, ch. 629, sec. 253.

268. At any time an assessment of all of the property of any county,
district or town is to be made, notice of proposed assessments may be made
by publication in one or more newspapers published in the County or in
such other uniform manner as the State Tax Commission may determine.

Uniformity of Taxation in Incorporated Towns.

An. Code, sec. 254. 1916, ch. 656, sec. 1.

269. All incorporated towns within this State are hereby directed to
follow for local purposes the rules for uniform taxation within their
respective jurisdictions as to land and uniform taxation within each class
or sub-class of improvements and personal property as provided for the
levying of State, County and City taxes by Article 15 of the Declaration
of Rights of the Constitution of Maryland, as amended by Chapter 390
of the Acts of 1914 and adopted by the people of Maryland in the General
Election of 1915. And the said incorporated towns shall likewise have
the power, anything in their charters granted to them to the contrary
notwithstanding, but subject to the Public General Laws of the State, to
determine the classes of property which shall be the subject of taxation
within their respective jurisdictions and for their local purposes; provided,
however, that they follow the rules of classification for taxation as estab-
lished by said Article 15 and any supplementary legislation enacted in
conformity therewith; and provided further that they shall have the right
through their appropriate authorities, the necessity existing, to change the
tax rate fixed by their respective charters upon the property taxed to the
extent of covering any loss of revenue in case they may determine upon
the exemption or partial exemption of certain classes or sub-classes of
property.