ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 895

465 of the Acts of 1896 of the General Assembly of Maryland,
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments so as to read as follows:

255. The Burgess and Commissioners of Funkstown shall
levy, annually, an equal tax on the taxable property, both real
and personal, in such an amount, not to exceed seventy (70)
cents on every one hundred dollars worth of taxable property
111 said town, as they may deem necessary and proper for the
various needs and purposes of the town. The Burgess, with the
approval of the Commissioners, shall appoint a collector to col-
lect the tax so levied and prescribe his term of office and com-
pensation, which said collector, before entering upon the duties
of his office, shall be required to give bond with a surety or
sureties for the faithful performance of his duties, in such an
amount as may be deemed adequate by said Burgess and Com-
missioners, said bond to be approved by said Burgess and Com-
missioners. Such taxes, when levied, shall be a lien upon prop-
erty, as now provided by law as to State and County taxes, and
shall be collected as State and County taxes are collected, and
in addition thereto the said collector shall also have the power
to collect said taxes by an action of debt before a Justice of the
Peace, with the right to either of the parties to the action to
appeal to the Circuit Court for Washington County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929,

CHAPTER 306.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners
of Montgomery County to regulate, inspect, license, and limit
as to location, hog; pens, dog kennels, slaughter houses and
cow yards within the limits of the Maryland Washington
Metropolitan District.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That in order to safeguard and protect the health,
safety, welfare and morals of the inhabitants of the Maryland
Washington Metropolitan District as the same was created and