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on the first day of February of such calendar year, and
shall be overdue and in arrears on the first day of the suc-
ceeding November; on all County taxes paid during the
months of January and February, a discount of five per
cent, shall be allowed; on all County taxes paid during the
months of March and April, a discount of four per cent,
shall be allowed; on all County taxes paid during the
months of May and June, a discount of three per cent, shall
be allowed; and all taxes paid during the months of July,
August, September and October, the amount thereof, with-
out discount or interest, shall be required, but upon all
County taxes remaining unpaid after the 31st day of Octo-
ber, interest at the rate of one-half of one per cent, per
month shall be charged and collected. The treasurer shall
take the discount from and charge interest on the tax bills
for County purposes regularly in the manner aforesaid, and
shall note the same upon his books and upon the receipt
given for taxes so paid; but the discount allowed on County
taxes by this section shall not be made to any person or cor-
porate institution unless the whole amount of State and
County taxes due by such person or corporate institution
for the current year be paid when the same is made.

102A. The County Commissioners of Garrett County
shall not appropriate or levy more than fifteen thousand
dollars ($15, 000. 00) in any one year as a contingent fund.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
being passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from
the date of its passage.

Approved March 31, 1941.

CHAPTER 76.

(Senate Bill 12)

AN ACT to repeal Section 820 of Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1938 Edition), title "Balti-
more City", sub-title "Stevedores".

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 820 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local

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