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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That any part of 50%
of the benefit taxes assessed against property abutting on
Summerfield Road, Stratton Road, Sutton Place and Colum-
bia Boulevard, as described in Section 1 of this Act, still re-
maining unpaid at the time of the passage of this Act, shall
continue to be an obligation of the owners of such property
and may be collected to the same extent as if this Act had not
been passed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.

CHAPTER 490.
(House Bill 661)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Section
619 of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Montgomery County", sub-title
"Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District", as the same
was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 303 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland, Session of 1931, to pro-
vide for the appointment of a County Building Inspector,
assistants, and clerks.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 619 of Article 16 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Montgomery
County", sub-title "Maryland-Washington Metropolitan Dis-
trict", as the same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 303
of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, Session of
1931, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, to
read as follows:

619. The County Commissioners of Montgomery County are
hereby directed and empowered to appoint and employ some
suitable person as County Building Inspector, who shall hold
office at the pleasure of the County Commissioners and shall be
paid a sum not to exceed twenty-eight hundred dollars
($2, 800. 00) per annum, and they are hereby authorized, em-
powered and directed to fix a schedule of fees or charges for
the issuance of permits for the construction, repair, erection
or remodeling of houses or buildings in the Maryland-Wash-
ington Metropolitan District. The Inspector of Buildings
appointed as aforesaid shall have the supervision of the con-