46                           LAWS OF MARYLAND.                   [CH. 28

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

Approved March 13, 1931.

CHAPTER 28.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
333 of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Montgomery County, " sub-
title " 'Friendship Heights' and 'The Hills, ' " increasing
the additional special levy and tax in said villages.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 333 of Article 16 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Montgom-
ery County, " sub-title " 'Friendship Heights' and 'The Hills, ' "
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

333. If the majority of the said "Friendship Heights Citi-
zens' Committee" decide the sum hereinbefore authorized to
be taxed and levied is an insufficient amount for the ensuing
year, or any succeeding year, then and in that event the said
Committee, or resident taxpayers of said villages affected by
this Act, may, on or before April 15, 1914, or any succeeding
year, petition in writing the County Commissioners of Mont-
gomery County to make an additional special levy and
tax of not more than thirty cents on each one hundred
($100. 00) dollars of the assessable value of said real and
personal property in said villages, such petition to be signed
by the majority of said Committee, or such number of resident
taxpayers as may satisfy said County Commissioners of the
fact that there is a general public demand on the part of the
residents, citizens and taxpayers of said villages for such ad-
ditional special levy and such special tax for such purposes
as hereinbefore mentioned, but no such special levy of such
additional special tax shall be made on such property, unless
notice of the intention of said County Commissioners to make
such additional special levy, the purpose or purposes thereof
and the amount thereof and approximate effect of such ad-
ditional special levy on the tax rate of said villages shall be