32 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 6

sidewalks and the extension of ivater and sewer lines in said
streets shall be by a levy against the properties benefited, by
a special assessment on a front foot basis; provided, however,
that the Mayor and City Council may allot a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-five cents (35c) per hundred derived from the
general taxes collected within said "Fairlawn" District to
the costs of such improvements. Municipal functions such as
street lights, garbage or trash removal shall be paid for out
of special and general taxes levied and collected.

(2) The Mayor and City Council shall, by proper ordinance
or resolution, adopt all regulations for the construction, main-
tenance or operation of the said improvements or municipal
functions, and shall fix the time and manner of payment, and
all special assessments or taxes levied by the said Mayor and
City Council shall be treated in all respects as city taxes
collected by the City Collector and shall have all the priorities
and lien rights of city taxes.

(3) The Mayor and City Council, for the purpose of making
improvements in said "Fairlawn" District of the Town of
Laurel or for the operation or maintenance of any municipal
function within the said district, are hereby given full power
and authority to borrow, upon the faith and credit of the Town
of Laurel, such sum or sums as may be needed for the pur-
poses mentioned; to fix the maturity or maturities of any
such debt; the interest rate and manner and place of pay-
ment; and to issue their evidences of indebtedness for the
amount of the money so borrowed, provided, however, that no
part of any such debt shall run for a longer period than ten
(10) years, and the Mayor and City Council shall, by proper
resolution provide for the liquidation of said debt by the ap-
plication of receipts of special assessments or taxes collected
and received as hereinbefore provided and allocated from said
"Fairlawn" District. Provided further that at no time shall
the Mayor and City Council be obligated for a greater amount
than $400,000 for monies borrowed under this subtitle.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure 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 of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved July 27, 1950.