THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 59

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved March 9, 1953.

CHAPTER 22

(Senate Bill 56)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
185 of Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Cecil County", sub-title
"Elkton", removing from said section certain obsolete
provisions concerning the taxing of property formerly
not within the town limits.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 185 of Article 8 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Cecil County",
sub-title "Elkton", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

185. The limits of the town of Elkton shall be as fol-
lows: Beginning for the same at the west abutment of
Gilpin's Bridge over the Big Elk Creek on the public road
from Elkton to Newark, Delaware, thence with the middle
line of Big Elk Creek, until the same meets or intersects
with the Little Elk Creek, thence with the easternmost
bank of Little Elk Creek to the east abutment of the bridge
at the Red mill on the Elkton and Northeast public road,
thence from said east abutment of the Red mill bridge in
a straight line to the west abutment of Gilpin's Bridge,
the point of beginning. [; provided, however, that all lands,
houses, buildings and improvements thereupon, not in-
cluded within the town limits prior to the year 1896, and
not within 100 yards of the water-mains of the town as
the same are now located, and subject to a county tax for
the repair of roads and highways, shall, together with the
personal property of the occupants of said houses and
buildings, be exempt from taxation for town purposes
until such time as the said property shall directly receive

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.