WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1331

State of Maryland, (1930 Edition), relating to property
taxes in the City of Cumberland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 57, 58 and 61 of Article 1A of the Code
of Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland, (1930 Edi-
tion), title "City of Cumberland", sub-title "Taxes", be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

57. It shall be the duty of the City Auditor of said city to
place the name of every person subject to taxation for prop-
erty in said city on the Tax Ledger, and to place also on said
Tax Ledger all property subject to taxation in said city, to-
gether with the values placed by the State and County assess-
ment and by the State Tax Commission upon said property;
and he shall also place thereon such new assessments and
transfers as may be in the hands of the County Commission-
ers, and reported to him by the Tax Collector or sent to him
by the State Tax Commission during the period of time be-
tween the preceding January 1st and July 1st. It shall
also be his duty to complete said Tax Ledger as above pro-
vided for, and to report the same to the Mayor and City
Council not later than August first of each year.

58. It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector of said city
to fill out tax cards for all property transferred on the State
and county tax books, or transferred by the State Tax Com-
mission, and to have said cards completed and reported to the
City Auditor on or before July fifteenth in each year,
and also to prepare tax cards for all new assessments on the
State and county books or reported to him by the State Tax
Commission, and to have the same completed and reported
to the City Auditor on or before July fifteenth of each
year; said Mayor and City Council shall have the power
and authority to provide compensation for the persons doing
or assisting in doing the above work.

61. The said Mayor and City Council shall pass ordinances
fixing the tax rate for the current year not later than
August 25th in each year

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 59 of Arti-
cle 1A of the Code of Public Local Laws of the State of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "City of Cumberland", sub-title
"Taxes", be and it is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.