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SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That if any part of this
Act shall be unconstitutional or invalid or unenforceable, such
fact shall not effect the remaining parts of this Act.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 391.

AN ACT to add six additional sections to Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County, sub-title, ''Upper Marl-
boro, " as enacted by Chapter 123 of the Acts of 1902 as
codified by Chapter 22 of the Acts of 1912 said additional
sections to immediately follow Section 610 of said Code and
to be designated as Sections 610-A to 610-F inclusive.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following six new sections be added to Code of
Public Laws of Prince George's County, sub-title "Upper Marl-
boro, '' as enacted by Chapter 123 of the Acts of 1902 as codi-
fied by Chapter 22 of the Acts of 1912 said additional sections to
immediately follow Section 610 of said Code, and to be designat-
ed as Section 610-A to 610-F inclusive and to read as follows:

610-A. The Town Commissioners of Upper Marlboro may
levy for fire protection, street lights, or other purposes beneficial
to said town, a tax on the real estate assessed in said town not
exceeding twenty (20) cents on every one hundred dollars of
assessed value thereof. Said levy shall be made by the Commis-
sioners of Upper Marlboro on or before the first day of July in
each and every year; and said taxes shall be due and payable
fifteen days after the publication of the ordinance imposing
same, and, if not paid when due, they shall bear interest at the
rate of six per cent per annum until the same are paid.

610-B. It shall be the duty of the Town Treasurer as soon as
the annual tax levy is made and placed in his hands for collec-
tion, to give notice by advertisement in one newspaper published
in Upper Marlboro which notice shall state the time from which
the taxes bear interest, and shall warn all persons of their liabil-
ity to be published as delinquent taxpayers and to have their
real estate sold unless the taxes with which they are respectively
charged are paid on or before the first day of January then next
ensuing. He shall also, immediately after said levy is made.