WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 893
Chapter 1051 of the Acts of 1945, be and they are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
16.
(a) The Mayor and Common Council shall have full power
and authority to levy annually upon all the property of the
Town, subject to assessment and tax for State and County
purposes, such taxes and at such rates as may be neces-
sary, in its judgment, for the anticipated expenses of the next
succeeding fiscal year, not to exceed $0. 50 on the One
Hundred Dollars ($100) of assessed valuation.
(b) Real property, within the Town of College Park,
having the character of rural and undeveloped and unim-
proved land, woodland, or land primarily for farming pur-
poses shall be a class of property and a rate of tax may be
levied thereon different from the rate to be levied on all other
property within the Town, and said different rate of tax on
said class shall in no case exceed -JO. 20 on the One Hundred
Dollars ($100) assessed valuation.
(d) The Treasurer of the Town of College Park upon re-
ceiving notice from the Treasurer of Prince George's County,
as is provided for in Section 74 of Article 81 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland (1947 Supplement), not
later than 30 days after receipt of said notice from the Treas-
urer of Prince George's County, shall certify to said County
Treasurer a statement of all taxes due the Town of College
Park and the payment of said taxes shall be enforced in
accordance with the provisions of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland relating to tax sales generally, as pro-
vided by Section 72 to 90V, inclusive, of Article 81 of said
Code (1947 Supplement). The payment of said taxes may be
enforced in any other manner now provided by law. Taxes
on personal property shall be collected as is now provided by
law for the collection of such taxes due Prince George's
County. .
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the repeal and re-
enactment, with amendments, of Sub-sections (a) and (b) of
Section 16 of Chapter 1051 of the Acts of 1945 shall not be-
come effective until said sub-sections have been submitted to
the qualified voters of the Town of College Park, in Prince
George's County, at the next regular municipal election
on the first Monday in May, 1949. There shall be printed
on the ballots to be used at said election the title of this
Act, and underneath said title on separate lines, a square or
box to the right of and opposite the words "For Increased
Property Tax Rate", and a corresponding square or box to
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