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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Repeal.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section seventy-three of Article seven of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Carroll county, sub-title "Manchester,"
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as
follows, to wit:

Property sub
ject to taxa-
tion.

73. All property, whether real, personal or mixed, within
said corporate limits, except that occupied as churches, schools
and the property owned by the Daniel and Jacob Lodge,
Improved Order I. O. O. F., shall be subject to such taxes and
charges as may be deemed necessary by said Mayor and Com-
mon Council, to support and maintain the expenses which
may at any time be incurred in the improvement and manage-
ment of said town, and for other corporate purposes not
exceeding twenty cents on every one hundred dollars of the
assessed value of all property within the corporate limits of
said town now liable to assessment and taxation for State and
county taxation, under the laws of this State.

Tax for road
improve-
ment.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Mayor and Com-
mon Council are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and
collect each and every year, as they, in their discretion, may
deem necessary, a special tax, not exceeding tive cents on
every one hundred dollars' worth of the taxable property of
all kinds and descriptions liable to assessment and taxation
within the corporate limits of the Town of Manchester; and
the proceeds of such tax shall be used and applied by the
said Mayor and Common Council for the sole purpose of im-
proving, grading, paving, macadamizing and maintaining the
streets, roads, lanes and alleys within the corporate limits of
said Town of Manchester; said special tax to be levied and
collected at the time and in the same manner as other taxes
are levied and collected by the said Mayor and Common
Council of Manchester.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 2d, 1896.