472 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 465

lection and safe keeping of the moneys arising from assess-
ments upon roadbeds, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and street im-
provements, which last said funds shall be kept as a separate
account and fund, and no part thereof shall ever be used for
any other purpose than to liquidate the bonds or certificates
of indebtedness, and interest thereon, issued for sidewalks,
curbs, gutters, roadbeds, and street improvements, which
bonds and certificates when paid, shall be cancelled and kept
and filed among the papers of said town.

Section 25. The Board of County Commissioners of Prince
George's County shall pay or cause to be paid annually to the
Mayor and Town Council of Landover Hills, three-fourths of
the full amount of the road and bridge tax levied and collected
each fiscal year from property taxed for such purposes within
the limits of the corporation as created by this Act. Any portion
of said three-fourths of said road and bridge tax collected
by said County Commissioners after the fiscal year for which
the same was levied, shall be accounted for and paid over to
the said Mayor and Town Council of Landover Hills from
time to time in the year in which the same shall be col-
lected; said road and bridge tax shall be refunded and paid
for the fiscal year 1945, and for each fiscal year thereafter,
and any special tax or appropriation now or hereafter made,
distributed or apportioned by the State Roads Commission or
any other agency which may in the future have authority to
distribute gasoline tax funds or any other funds for the con-
struction, maintenance, improvements and lighting of said
streets, alleys, roads, and public places, shall pay to the
Mayor and Town Council of Landover Hills its share of said
funds, in the same manner and in the same proportion as is
now paid to other incorporated towns in Prince George's
County, Maryland. Said funds shall be apportioned as nearly
as possible to the several wards in proportion to the assessed
value of the real property in said wards.

Section 26. The Mayor and Town Council shall have power
to levy between January 1st and March 31st of each year, the
tax year commencing on the first day of January, a tax not to
exceed fifty cents on each $100. 00 assessed value of all real
property within the town based upon the County assessments.
The fiscal year shall be the calendar year but the Mayor and
Town Council may levy sufficient funds to meet the antici-
pated expenses of the town until the next year's tax money is
available. Such taxes shall be due and payable on the first
day of April and shall be in default after the first day of
October of each year and shall thereafter bear interest at the
rate of 1% per month until paid, which taxes shall be a first
lien on the property assessed.