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and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved November 10, 1947.

CHAPTER 23.
(Senate Bill 27)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
11G5 of Flack's 1943 Edition of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County to increase the maximum
annual tax rate for general municipal purposes upon all
assessable real property within the corporate limits of the
Mayor and Common Council of Riverdale from thirty-five
cents to fifty-five cents per one hundred dollars of the
assessed valuation as fixed by the County Commissioners
of Prince George's County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 11G5 of Flack's 1943 Edition of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County be repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

1165. The assessment of all assessable real property within
the corporate limits of the Mayor and Common Council of
Riverdale for municipal purposes shall be the valuation fixed
by the County Commissioners of Prince George's County for
the purpose of county taxation as prescribed by Article 81 of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition),
as amended.

The Treasurer of the Mayor and Common Council of River-
dale shall obtain from the County Commissioners of Prince
George's County the list of assessments upon all assessable
real property within the corporate limits of the town, which
list the County Commissioners are authorized and directed to
furnish to the Treasurer of the town at the earliest practicable
time after the assessment is made, together with notice of any
change, revision, modification or correction in any assessment
as it may occur. Beginning with the calendar year 1948,
and annually thereafter, the Mayor and Common Council
of Riverdale are hereby authorized and empowered to levy
for general municipal purposes against all assessable real
property within the corporate limits of the town upon the
basis of such assessments an annual tax for town purposes
at a rate of taxation not to exceed fifty-five cents
per one hundred dollars of the assessed valuations. The
Mayor and Common Council shall as soon as practicable after
the first day of January in each year fix the annual tax rate