ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 153

enhancement in property values and enrichment and benefit to
the people thereof; and

WHEREAS, To induce such power stations or manufactories
to locate in said County, and thereby to promote the general
welfare of the people thereof, sound public policy dictates that
the County Commissioners of said Dorchester County and the
municipal corporations therein should be empowered to ex-
empt the species or classes of property constituting or repre-
senting the value of such power stations or manufactories from
taxation by said County and said municipal corporations there-
in for a reasonable period of time; now, therefore:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 10, Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester
County, " said new section to be designated as Section 400,
and to read as follows:

400. The real estate, not exceeding eleven (11) acres,
buildings, equipment and other miscellaneous property owned
by every person, firm or corporation and comprising or con-
stituting power stations or manufactories, or parts of power
stations or manufactories, or used in or about power stations
or manufactories, situate in said Dorchester County, or in any
municipal corporation therein, for the generation of electricity
for ultimate general public and private use and consumption,
and the capital stock of any such corporation in so far as such
capital stock represents the value of the property comprising
and constituting such power stations or manufactories not di-
rectly assessable for State, County and Municipal taxation,
may be exempted from taxation by said County or by said
municipal corporations in which such power stations or manu-
factories may be situated, for all county and municipal purposes
for the period of fifteen years from the dates on which actual
construction of such power stations or manufactories shall re-
spectively begin, provided the County Commissioners of said
Dorchester County shall by resolution determine by the major-
ity vote of its members whether such exemption from taxation
by said County, herein authorized as aforesaid, shall be made,
or the governing body of any such municipal corporation in
said County shall by resolution determine by the majority vote
of its members whether such exemption from taxation by such
municipal corporation, herein authorized as aforesaid, shall be