406 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 151

THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL IN SUBMITTING
THE QUESTION OF ANNEXATION MAY DESIGNATE,
IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE AREA AS AN INDE-
PENDENT WARD WITH THE SAME RIGHTS AND
PRIVILEGES OF WARDS EXISTING AS SUCH IN THE
TOWN OF BLADENSBURG AT THE TIME OF THE REF-
ERENDUM, OR THEY MAY, IN THEIR DISCRETION,
PROVIDE THAT THE ANNEXED AREA, OR PORTIONS
THEREOF, MAY BE ATTACHED TO WARDS IN THE
TOWN EXISTING AT THE TIME OF THE REFEREN-
DUM.

THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL SHALL HAVE
THE POWER TO ASSESS TAXES AGAINST THE PROP-
ERTY OF SAID ANNEXED AREA FOR THE BALANCE
OF THE TOWN TAX YEAR DURING THE FIRST YEAR
OF ANNEXATION, PROVIDING THERE SHALL BE AT
LEAST THREE MONTHS REMAINING IN SAID TAX
YEAR. IF LESS THAN THREE MONTHS OF THE TAX
YEAR REMAIN AT THE TIME OF THE ANNEXATION
THEN SAID ANNEXED AREA SHALL NOT BE AS-
SESSED FOR TAXES UNTIL THE NEXT TAX YEAR.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses
of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 21, 1951.

CHAPTER 151

(House Bill 206)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
7(7) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947
Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Ordinary
Taxes. What Shall Be Taxed and Where", as said section
was amended by Chapter 134 of the Acts of 1949, extending
the period during which real estate acquired and held for
future use by hospitals shall be exempt from taxation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 7(7) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of

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