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ceding the date of finality, or at its fair average for the
twelve months preceding the date of such freezing order,
as the taxpayer may elect.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the respective
assessing authorities shall give effect to the provisions of
this Act, in the case of all assessments made subsequent
to October first, 1942, even though such amendments may
have become final prior to the passage of this Act, but
nothing herein shall prevent such assessing authorities
from verifying, or requiring proof to substantiate any
report for purposes of assessment hereunder,

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been 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 May 6, 1943.

CHAPTER 812.
(Senate Bill 398)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
102 of Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St. Mary's County",
sub-title "Leonardtown", authorizing an increase in the
tax rate of Leonardtown.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 102 of Article 19 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St.
Mary's County", sub-title "Leonardtown", be arid it is here-
by repealed1 and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

102. The Commissioners may levy on or before the last
Monday of July annually on the assessable property of the
town or corporation a sum sufficient for all general pur-
poses, such taxes not to exceed sixty cents on the
one hundred dollars' worth of property. Such taxes,
when levied, shall foe a preferred lien upon the property
assessed, and shall be due and demandable on the first