PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1073

CHAPTER 628.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendment Section 73 of
, Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Carroll County," sub-title "Manchester," as amended by
Chapter 262 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, nineteen hundred and eight, authorizing the Mayor and
Common Council of the town of Manchester, to levy a tax
not to exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollars of as-
sessed value of property within the corporate limits of said
town of Manchester, with certain exceptions, for the improve-
ment and management of said town and other corporate
purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 73 of Article 7 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Carroll County," sub-title
'' Manchester,'' as amended by Chapter 262 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland, Nineteen Hundred and Eight,
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ment so as to read as follows:

SEC. 73. All property, whether real, personal or mixed,
within said corporate limits, except that occupied as Churches,
Schools and the property owned by Lebanon Lodge, No. 175,
A. F. & A. M., and the property owned by Daniel and Jacob
Lodge, No. 23, I. O. O. F., shall be subject to such taxes and
charges as may be deemed necessary by said Mayor and Common
Council, to support and maintain the expenses which may be at
any time incurred in the improvement and management of said
town, and for other corporate purposes, not exceeding thirty
cents on the hundred dollars of the assessed value of all prop-
erty within the corporate limits of said town, now liable to
assessment and taxation for State and County taxation under
the laws of this State, except as above exempt.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That before this Act shall become
operative, to authorize said taxation the question shall be sub-
mitted to the qualified voters of Manchester, at the regular
general municipal election to be held next after the passage
of this Bill, for approval or rejection by such qualified voters
and in pursuance of the provisions of an ordinance to be passed
therefor, of which election and the fact that the question is
to be submitted to the voters, notice shall be given for at least