HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 355

CHAPTER 328.
(House Bill 348)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
873 of Article 17, of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, (1930 Edition), title "Prince George's County", sub-
title "Riverdale", to increase the maximum annual tax rate
for general purposes upon all assessable real property
within the corporate limits of the Mayor and Common
Council of Riverdale from twenty-five cents to thirty-five
cents per one hundred dollars of the assessed valuation as
fixed by the County Commissioners of Prince George's
County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 873 of Article 17, of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, (1930 Edition), title "Prince
George's County'", sub-title "Riverdale", be repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

ASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY AND TAX LEVY

873. The assessment of all assessable real property within
the corporate limits of the Mayor and Common Council of
Riverdale for municipal purposes shall be the valuation fixed
by the County Commissioners of Prince George's County for
the purpose of county taxation as prescribed by Article 81 of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland (1939 Edition),
as amended.

The Treasurer of the Mayor and Common Council of River-
dale shall obtain from the County Commissioners of Prince
George's County the list of the assessments upon all assess-
able real property within the corporate limits of the town,
which list the County Commissioners are authorized and
directed to furnish to the Treasurer of the town at the earliest
practicable time after the assessment is made, together with
notice of any change, revision, modification or correction in
, any assessment as it may occur. Beginning with the calendar
year 1943, and annually thereafter, the Mayor and Common
Council of Riverdale are hereby authorized and empowered
to levy for general municipal purposes against all assessable
real property within the corporate limits of the town upon the
basis of such assessments an annual tax for town purposes
at a rate of taxation not to exceed thirty-five cents per one
hundred dollars of the assessed valuations. The Mayor and
Common Council shall as soon as practicable after the first
day of January in each year fix the annual tax rate for the
calendar year. Provided, however, that in the year 1924 only?