HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 433

thence southwesterly along the western boundary of the Chevy
Chase Land Company property to the Bethesda-Silver Spring
Highway; thence easterly with Bethesda-Silver Spring High-
way to the northern boundary of Section 4 of the Village
of Chevy Chase, Maryland; thence westerly and southerly
along the northern and western boundaries of said Section 4
to the center line of Bradley Lane; thence west along the cen-
ter line of Bradley Land to the center line of Wisconsin Ave-
nue extended; thence south along the center line of said Wis-
consin Avenue extended to the western boundary line of the
District of Columbia; and thence southwesterly along said
western boundary line of the District of Columbia to the place
of beginning, excluding so much of the area thereof as
lies within the corporate limits of the town of Garrett Park,
the County Commissioners of said Montgomery County be and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually
against all of the assessable property within said area a tax
sufficient, but not in any event more than five (5) cents on
each f 100 of the assessed value of the real and personal prop-
erty within said area, for the first taxable year beginning July
1, 1939; and not in any event more than four (4) cents on
each $100 of the assessed value of the real and personal prop-
erty within said area for the second taxable year beginning
July 1, 1940, and not in any event more than three (3) cents
on each f 100 of the assessed value of the real and personal
property within said area for any taxable year after July 1,
1941, to pay the annual requirements or expenditures neces-
sary to establish, maintain and operate the said Public Li-
brary to be known as the Bethesda Public Library Associa-
tion, Inc., the purchase price of such real and personal prop-
erty as may be necessary to establish, maintain and operate
said Public Library and the payment of any encumbrance on
such real estate, said tax to be determined, levied, collected
and paid over in the following manner: At least thirty days
before the tax levying period of each year the County Commis-
sioners of said County shall certify to the Bethesda Public
Library Association, Inc., its successor or successors, the
whole valuation of assessable property within said area. Said
Bethesda Public Library Association, Inc., its successor or
successors, shall then determine the amount necessary to be
raised for the ensuing year to establish, maintain and operate
the said Public Library, including payment in whole or in part
of the purchase price of such real and personal property as may
be necessary to establish, maintain and operate the said Public
Library and any encumbrance and interest thereon on such
real estate, and then after determining the number of cents per
f 100 of said assessed valuation necessary to raise the required
amount for the ensuing year, so certify to the said Board of