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SEC. 6. The landholders summoned under section 4 shall
be allowed the same per diem as witnesses before a justice of
the peace for each day they may be engaged in the performance
of their duties.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 239.

AN ACT to repeal Section 194 of Article 22 of the Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County," sub-
title "Hagerstown," as amended by Chapter 386 of the Acts
of Assembly of Maryland, 1900, and to re-enact the same
with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 194 of Article 22 of the Code of the Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County," sub-title
"Hagerstown," as amended by Chapter 386 of the Acts of the
Assembly of Maryland, 1900, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as fol-
lows :

Section 194. That all property within the limits of Hagers-
town, or what may have a situs there by reason .of the resi-
dence of the owner therein, shall be taxed for municipal pur-
poses, and the assessment for town purposes shall be the same
as that for State and County purposes; but the Mayor and
Council shall not be required to accept any reduction in valua-
tions made by the County Commissioners upon such property
after the annual assessment has been made by said commis-
sioners, and in case any real estate assessed for State and
County purposes be divided by the town boundaries, the Mayor
and Council shall place a fair valuation upon that contained
within the town limits and make a just apportionment of said
assessment. Should any property liable to be taxed for town
purposes be omitted in the. county assessment, the Mayor and
Council shall have power to include said property in the town
assessment and impose a just valuation thereon.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage, it being hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law and necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health and safety.

Approved. April 10th, 1918.