THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1469

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved April 27, 1951.

CHAPTER 531
(Senate Bill 202)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 547 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Carroll County, " sub-
title "Westminster, " as said section was amended by
Chapter 244 of the Acts of 1935, providing for the max-
imum property tax which may be levied by the Mayor
and Common Council of Westminster.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 547 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Carroll County, "
sub-title "Westminster, " as said section was amended by
Chapter 244 of the Acts of 1935, be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

547. The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster,
may levy annually a general tax on the property in said
corporation assessed as aforesaid, not exceeding [fifty-
five cents] one dollar EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS on every one
hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof, which shall
be a lien on said property, real, personal and mixed, of the
taxpayers of said city, respectively, until paid; and interest
shall be chargeable on such taxes after thirty days from the
time when the same are due and payable; and they shall be
due and payable thirty days from the date of levying the
same. The same municipality may also, in its discretion, al-
low a discount not exceeding five percentum for prompt
payment of said taxes. The taxes so assessed and levied, as
well as any other assessment made against real estate
shall be collected by distress and sale by the collector of
tax as authorized and directed by Section 528 of this
Article.

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