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for the ensuing year such rate of taxation, not exceeding sixty
(60) cents on every $100.00 worth of property, as they shall
deem necessary, together with other revenues of the town, to
meet said revised estimate of liability and expenditures. Said
revised detailed estimate, together with the rate of taxation,
shall be published twice in a newspaper published and printed
in Montgomery County, and the adoption of said revised de-
tailed estimate shall thereby be and become the appropriation
of the respective amount for the purposes therein stated : and
the Council shall not audit nor shall the Clerk draw or sign
any check in payment of any claim after an appropriation
therefor shall have been duly signed by the Mayor of said
town.

The Council shall, annually, prepare and publish, not later
than the first day of May of each year, a parallel statement
of the appropriations, and the expenditures under said appro-
priations, of the funds of the town. The Council shall also
cause to be made from time to time, during the said three-
year periods, assessments of improvements made and of other
property not contained in the general assessment list. And
they shall make such other provisions as in their judgment
may be necessary to carry into full force and effect the assess-
ments herein provided for.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this bill, being an
emergency measure, shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 462.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 19 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "St. Mary's
County," sub-title "Sheriff," to follow immediately after
Section 105 and to be known as Section 105-A, providing
for certain fees to be charged by the Sheriff of said
county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be added to the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "St. Mary's County," sub-title
"Sheriff," to be known as Section 105-A and to follow im-
mediately after Section 105 of said Article, and to read as
follows: