EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 143

CHAPTER 88.

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
Maryland, 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 assessed value of property within the corporate
limits of said town of Manchester, with certain exceptions,
for the improvement and management of said town and
other corporate purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, 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be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-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:

Section 73. All property, whether real, personal or1 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 Com-
mon 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
property within the corporate limits of said town, now liable
to assessment and taxation for State and County taxation un-
der the laws of this State, except as above exempt.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That before this Act shall be-
come operative, to authorize said taxation the question shall be
submitted 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
ten days previous to such election, posted in five or more pub-
lic places in said town, explaining to the qualified voters the