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ing unpaid after the expiration of the month of February shall
bear interest from the first day of March, but all of such taxes
paid during the months of March, April, May and June fol-
lowing their levy shall have the interest thereon remitted, but
if paid on or after the first day of June following their levy
the full amount of interest dating from the first day of March
following their levy shall be charged and collected and placed
to the credit of the county, as well as the principal of the taxes
thus received; and the books of the collector shall be so kept
as to show the amount assessed to each individual, the date of
the payment thereof, and the amount received with interest.
Provided, however, that if the first installment (one-half) of
taxes shall not be paid on or before the first day of February
following their levy, then and in that event the full amount of
interest dating from the first day of September following their
levy shall be charged and collected upon both the first and
second installments of said taxes.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1931.

Approved April 6, 1931.

CHAPTER 124.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
223, Chapter 315 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of the year 1906, and of Article 22 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington
County, " sub-title "Hancock. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 223, Chapter 315 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of the year 1906 and of Article
22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Wash-
ington County, " sub-title "Hancock, " be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

223. The bounds of said town as described on a plat there-
of to be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court