LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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

Approved April 2d, 1896.

CHAPTER 187.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 19 of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title " St. Mary's County," sub-title
" County Commissioners," to follow Section 34, and to be
designated as Section 34 A.

Effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and the same is hereby added to
Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "St. Mary's
County," sub-title " County Commissioners," to follow section
84, to be designated as section 34 A, and to read as follows :

New section.

34 A. At their annual levy-laying term, the County Commis-
sioners of St. Mary's county shall levy on the assessable prop-
erty of said county a sufficient amount to meet and pay all
expenditures of said county for each current year. All taxes
shall be due on the first day of July next succeeding their levy,
but a discount of three per cent, shall be allowed for taxes
E aid during the month of July; a discount of two per cent.
for taxes paid during the month of August; . and a discount of
one per cent, for taxes . paid during the month of September ;
no discount shall be allowed on taxes paid in the month of
October; and after the first day of November interest shall
be charged at the rate of six per cent, per annum, the same to
be charged at said rate for any fraction of a month in which
they shall remain unpaid; in levying, as herein provided, it
shall be the duty of said commissioners to provide for the
payment, in cash, of the witnesses and jurors attending the
sessions of the circuit court, the bailiff and criers of the circuit
court, the bailiff to the orphans' court, and the messenger to
the County Commissioners, and for road purposes, almshouse
and out pensioners; where property is advertised at tax sale,
it shall only be necessary to state the name of the owner or
party to whom assessed, the number of acres of land in the
tract, the district in which located, and the amount due ;
and such advertisement shall not cost more than one dollar
each.

Levy of taxes.