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and charged to the expenses of the Circuit Court for Prince
George's County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate 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 Gen-
eral Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved April 30, 1943.

CHAPTER 348.
(House Bill 351)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 14
of the Charter of the Town of Fairmount Heights, as
enacted by Chapter 657* of the Acts of 1939, authorizing an
increase in the town tax rate and providing for referendum
thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 14 of the Charter of the Town of Fair-
mount Heights, as enacted by Chapter 657* of the Acts of 1939,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

14. (1) The Mayor and Common Council shall have
power to levy, on or before the first Monday of June in each
year, the tax year commencing on the first day of July, a
tax not to exceed twenty-five (25^) cents per One Hundred
Dollars ($100. 00) assessed value based upon the State and
County assessments on all real and personal property as the
needs of the town may require, but twenty per cent. (20%) of
the proceeds from such tax shall be used for the maintenance
of the Fire Department. Provided, however, that the Mayor
and Common Council shall have the power by ordinance to
exempt not exceeding $500. 00 of household goods of each per-
son from taxation. Such tax shall be in default after the first
day of October of each year and shall thereafter bear interest
at one per centum (1%) per month until paid. The Treasurer
of said town shall calculate the amount of taxes due by each
person and shall render a bill to the address given on such
lists of assessments either by depositing the same in the mail
or otherwise, or if the address of any such person is unknown.

*Ch. 651 of the Acts of 1939 evidently intended.