THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 883

power of the Mayor and Common Council, and eliminat-
ing provision for maintenance of the Fire Department
of the Town of Fairmount Heights, and providing for a
referendum thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 588 of the Prince George's County Code (1943
Edition), being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title "Prince George's County", sub-title
"Fairmount Heights", as said section was amended by
Chapter 329 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

588. (1) The Mayor and Common Council shall have
power to levy, on or before the first Monday of June in
each year, the tax year commencing on the first day of July,
a tax not to exceed [twenty-five (25c) cents] fifty (50c)
cents per one hundred dollars ($100. 00) assessed value
based upon the State and county assessments on all real
and personal property as the needs of the town may require
[, but twenty per cent. (20%) of the proceeds from such
tax shall be used for the maintenance of the Fire Depart-
ment]. Provided, however, that the Mayor and the Com-
mon Council shall have the power by ordinance to exempt
not exceeding $500. 00 of household goods of each person
from taxation. Such tax shall be in default after the first
day of October of each year and shall thereafter bear
interest at one per centum (1%) per month until paid.
The Treasurer of said town shall calculate the amount of
taxes due by each person and shall render a bill to the
address given on such lists of assessments either by depos-
iting the same in the mail or otherwise, or if the address
of any such person is unknown, to the best address ascer-
tainable. All taxes on real estate not paid by the first day
of January next succeeding their levy shall be collected as
provided by Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
not become effective until it has been submitted to the
qualified voters of the town of Fairmount Heights, in
Prince George's County, at the next regular municipal
election on the first Monday in May, 1953. 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 the right of and opposite the words "Against
Increased Property Tax Rate", so that the voters shall be