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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That such assess-
ments, when made, shall constitute a lien upon the prop-
erty assessed with priority over all liens recorded after
such assessments are imposed, and shall be payable in
twenty years in equal semi-annual installments bearing
interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum beginning
ninety days after the date of such assessment; provided
that any person may pay the total amount of such assess-
ment with accrued interest remaining due and unpaid at
any time. The Mayor and Common Council shall notify
each owner liable for such installments, in writing sixty
days before each installment is due, of the date on which
such installment is due. If any installment remains un-
paid six months after such installment was due, the Mayor
and Common -Council may declare all past and future un-
paid installments with accrued interest due and payable
and proceed to collect them in the same manner as de-
linquent taxes.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council shall keep all moneys collected from such
assessments in a special fund and the same shall be ex-
pended solely for the payment of interest on and for the
redemption of said bonds. After the payment of all-
interest and the redemption of all bonds, any moneys re-
maining in such special fund shall be transferred to the
General Fund of the Mayor and Common Council to be
used for the general expenses of the Town.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any part,
sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Act shall
be held unconstitutional or void, for any reason, such
decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Act.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1945.

Approved March 29, 1945.

CHAPTER 416.
(Senate Bill 425)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Para-
graph B of Section 42, Article 99 of the Annotated of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Birds, Game and