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utes east 250 feet; thence along the south boundary line of
the playground and the school lot, west 606 feet, to intersect
the old corporate boundary of said town at the south margin
of Church Street; thence with said old corporate boundary
line, south 965, more or less, to the north margin of the
Boonsboro road; thence in a westerly direction by the lower
end of lock number forty-four on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal a distance of 2, 650 feet, more or less, to the low water
line of the Potomac river; thence up said river with its several
meanderings a distance of 2, 920 feet, more or less, to the place
of beginning.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new section be
and it is hereby added to Article 22 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County, " sub-title
"Williamsport, " to follow immediately after Section 404, to-
be known as Section 404A, and to read as follows:

404A. On all property situated within the corporate limits
of said town and without the corporate limits of said town as
defined by Section 1 of Chapter 17 of the Acts; of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1904, being the property in the
area annexed to said town in the year 1929, as well as on any
property which may have a situs in said area by reason of
the residence of the owner therein, the rate of taxation for the
year 1929 shall be one-tenth; for the year 1930, two-tenths;
for the year 1931, three-tenths; for the year 1932, four-tenths;
for the year 1933, five-tenths; for the year 1934, six-tenths;
for the year 1935, seven-tenths; for the year 1936, eight-tenths;
for the year 1937, nine-tenths, of the rate of taxation fixed
by the Burgess and Commissioners of Williamsport in said
respective years as the rate of taxation for all purposes for
said years, and for and after the year 1938 there shall be a
uniform rate of taxation for all property located within the
corporate limits of Williamsport.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929.
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