HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 391

Act being to provide sufficient revenue to pay the annual
requirements or expenditures necessary to establish, main-
tain and operate the said Takoma Park Library including
the purchase price of such real and personal property as
may be necessary to establish, maintain and operate the
said library. The Mayor and Council are hereby authorized
in the same manner to levy an additional tax for the pur-
poses of this Act which when added to the 5 cent tax
authorized by this Section will not exceed the tax for
public library purposes now or hereafter authorized to be
levied by municipalities within this State by Section 171
of Chapter 15, Article 77 of the Code of Public General
Laws or any other provision of public general or local law.

1129-B.

(976-B. ) The tax authorized by the foregoing Section
shall be determined, levied, collected and paid over in the
following manner: At least thirty days before the tax
levying period of each year the Mayor and Council of the
said town shall certify to the Takoma Park, Maryland,
Library Association, its successor or successors, the whole
valuation of assessable property within the said town. The
said Takoma Park, Maryland, Library Association, its
successor or successors, shall then determine the amount
necessary to be raised for the ensuing year to establish,
maintain and operate the said Takoma Park, Maryland,
Library including payment, if any, in whole or in part of
the purchase price of such real and personal property as
may be necessary to establish, maintain and operate the
said library either at its present location or at any other
location within the town of Takoma Park, Maryland, and
any encumbrance and interest thereon on such real estate,
and then after determining the number of cents per $100.
of said assessed valuation necessary to raise the required
amount for the ensuing year shall so certify to the Mayor
and Council of the town. The said Mayor and Council in
their next annual levy are authorized to levy said tax in
the amount so certified as aforesaid on all property, real
and personal, assessed for town tax purposes within the
corporate limits, which tax shall be levied and collected as
other town taxes now are or may hereafter be levied and
collected and shall have the same priority, rights and bear
the same interest and penalties and in every respect be
treated the same as other town taxes, provided, however,
that the Mayor and Council shall in any event levy, collect
and pay over, as herein provided the tax of 5 cents on each
hundred dollars of assessable basis authorized by the pre-
ceding Section of this sub-title for the purposes of this
Act and for the purpose of receiving the benefits extended