THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                  1179

shall be permitted to sell in a sealed package or container less than
one-half pint of any alcoholic beverage except beer and wine.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 25, 1955.

CHAPTER 689
(House Bill 775)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 576 to
580, inclusive, of the Code of Public Local Laws of Anne Arundel
County (1947 Edition), being Article 2 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Treasurer," relating to taxes on
automobiles, authorizing the County Commissioners of Anne
Arundel County to waive interest charges on tax bills for a cer-
tain period, relating to the procedure for administering the county
tax law, the duties and powers of the County Commissioners and
the County Treasurer concerning the same, the records of the
taxes and the money received by the Treasurer.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 576 to 580, inclusive, of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Anne Arundel County (1947 Edition), being Article 2 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Treasurer," be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

576. Any taxpayer in Anne Arundel County who desires a change
in a locally made assessment of property for taxation must file a
written application therefor with the County Commissioners of said
County before the first day of August preceding the date of finality
or no change resulting therefrom shall be effective for the ensuing
fiscal year. for the purpose of the tax levy for the succeeding fiscal
year, the first day of October shall be the date of finality with respect
to assessment of property in Anne Arundel County. The County
Commissioners of said County shall make their annual levy for State
and County taxes between the fifteenth day of October and the first
day of November in every year beginning with the year 1939, and
the same shall be a first lien on all property, real and personal, as-
sessed for said taxes from the first day of January next succeeding
the date of the levy therefor and shall be due and payable on the
last named date. [Taxes on all automobiles shall be due and payable
from the date of their assessment] On all taxes for county pur-
poses that are due after the first day of April of the year for which
they were levied, interest shall be added at the rate of six per centum
per annum; and the Treasurer shall charge said interest on tax bills
for county purposes regularly in the manner aforesaid, and shall note

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.