JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR,

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immediately after Section 26 of said Article 13 ; all relating
to the levy and collection of taxes in the town of Bel Air."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section 25 of article 13 of the Code of

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Public Local Laws, entitled "Harford County," sub-title "Bel
Air," as amended by the Acts of 1890, chapter 154, and
section 26 of article 13 of the Code of Public Laws, entitled
"Harford County," sub title "Bel Air," and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, and twenty-
one new sections be and the same are hereby added to article
13 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Harford County,"
sub-title "Bel Air," to be designated as section 25 A (which
shall follow immediately after section 25 of said article 13), as
sections 26 A, 26 B, 26 c, 26 D, 26 E, 26 F, 26 G, 26 H, 26 I, 26 J,.
26 K, 26 L, 26 M, 26 N, 26 O, 26 P, 26 Q, 26 R, and 26 S, said
new sections from 26 A to 26 S, inclusive, to follow immedi-
ately after section 26 of Article 13 ; all relating to the levy
and collection of taxes in tho town of Bel Air, and said
sections as amended and said additional sections to read as
follows :
Section 25. All taxes shall be fairly laid, and shall not
exceed in any one year seventy-five cents in every one hundred

Repeal.

dollars of taxable property in said town, and the taxable basis
of said property for the year 1902 shall be the same as that
for county and State purposes as shown by the tax books of
Harford county, with the addition of such property as may be
assessed by the treasurer hereinafter provided for before the
levy of 1902 is closed ; and all property within the corporate
limits of said town shall hereafter be exempt from taxation
for public road and bridge purposes outside of said corporate
limits.
Section 25 A. The Town Commissioners of Bel Air shall in

Taxes to be
laid.

each year, after the passage of this Act, make a levy for town
purposes on or before the 30th day of June, and shall forth-
with place the tax lists in the hands of the treasurer of said
town for collection.

Section 25 B. Town taxes shall be due as soon as they are
levied, and if not paid on or before the 1st day of September

Levy to be
made.

of the current year shall bear interest from said date at the
rate of six per centum per annum on all taxes paid after the
levy, and before the first day of September of the current
year a discount shall be allowed at the rate of one-half per
cent, per month, and bills shall be furnished to any taxpayer
upon application to the treasurer.
Section 26. The Town Commissioners of Bel Air shall,
before the 25th day of March, 1902, and every second year

W hen-taxes
are due.