486 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 274

CHAPTER 274.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 752
of Article 11 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(Edition by Geo. R. Dennis, Jr. ), title "Frederick County, "
sub-title "Thurmont, " relating to the levying of taxes and the
publication of a detailed statement of the financial condition
of the town.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 752 of Article 11 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland (Edition by Geo. R. Dennis, Jr. ),
title "Frederick County, " sub-title "Thurmont, " be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, to read as
follows:

752. The president and commissioners of Thurmont are
hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually, with full
power to provide by ordinance for the collection of the same,
upon the taxable property of the corporation, such taxes as
in its judgment may be necessary and proper to pay all ex-
penses and debts of the corporation and all obligations which
have been or may hereafter be lawfully incurred in pursuance
of the power conferred by this title of this Article and all
amendments thereto and said levy shall not be in gross, but
shall designate the particular purposes for which the levy is
made and the amount levied for each particular purpose; such
taxes when levied shall be a lien on the property on which they
are levied, in the same manner as State and County taxes are
liens on property on which such taxes are levied. It shall be
the duty of the Mayor and Common Council of Thurmont, at
least ten days before each regular election, to have prepared, in
pamphlet form, a detailed statement of the financial condition
of the town, including receipts and expenses of all kinds what-
soever, for the preceding year. At least ten days before such
election it shall cause the same to be published in one newspaper
of the town of Thurmont, or cause a copy thereof to be mailed,
postpaid, to each citizen of said town.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public 'health and safety, and being
passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all
of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 1, 1927.