HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 151

by the said Treasurer of the Town of District Heights for
improving, maintaining and repairing the roads, streets
and alleys in said town.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted:

(A) That the Town of District Heights and the Dis-
trict Heights Commission shall have power to levy, on the
established date for levy in Prince George's County of each
year, beginning with the calendar year succeeding the
adoption of this charter, the tax year commencing on the
first of July, taxes at the rate of not exceeding Ten Cents
($. 10) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) of the as-
sessable value of real and personal property within said
town, based on the State and County assessments for all
purposes; and that the Treasurer of Prince George's
County shall be and he is hereby authorized to give the
District Heights Commission, or the Treasurer of said
town, a copy of the tax list for said town, annually or as
often as is necessary, the boundaries of which are laid
down in Section 2 of this charter; and all taxes so levied
shall be a lien on any and all property of the person, firm,
partnership, company, association or corporation against
whom they may be levied; and the taxes for each year shall
be payable on the first day of July next succeeding the levy
thereof, and shall be in arrears and subject to legal inter-
est from and after that date.

(B) That the taxes provided for in Paragraph A of
this Section shall be levied by ordinance enacted by the Dis-
trict Heights Commission, and any such ordinance shall
be in force and effect from and after the date of the en-
actment of the same. And nothing contained in Section
8 of this Act shall apply to any ordinance so levying such
taxes, the intent of this Section 6 being that the District
Heights Commission shall have power, and it shall be the
duty of said Commission, to enact such ordinances levy-
ing such taxes without submitting any such ordinance to
a vote of the residents of said town, and that any such or-
dinance so levy ing, such taxes shall be in force immediately
upon the enactment of such ordinance.

(C) That a copy of any such ordinance so levying such
taxes shall be open to public inspection.

SEC. 7.. And be it further enacted:

(A) That it shall be the duty of the town Treasurer of
the Town of District Heights to collect and receive all taxes
and other moneys of, and due to, said town, and to keep a
record of each item.