THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   683

CHAPTER 412
(House Bill 717)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 96 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1953 Edi-
tion, being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land), title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Bladensburg",
modifying the tax limit of the town of Bladensburg pursuant to
the provisions of Section 5 of Article HE of the Constitution of
Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 96 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's
County (1953 Edition, being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Blad-
ensburg", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

96. (Levy and Collection of Taxes.) (a) Levy and collection of
taxes shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 70-121,
inclusive, of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edi-
tion), (b) The Mayor and Town Council are authorized and em-
powered to levy annually such taxes upon the assessable property
within said corporation as they deem necessary provided that the
amount of taxes levied for any one year shall not exceed
One Dollar and fifty [50] cents ($1.50) on the one hundred dollars
which taxes shall be collected by the Town Treasurer. The levy shall
be made by ordinance on or before the thirty-first day of May of
each year, and all taxes so levied shall be a lien on any and all prop-
erty of the person against whom they may be levied. All taxes
are due and payable the first day of July in each and every year, and
if not paid before the first day of September shall bear interest at
the rate of one per centum per month until paid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the effectiveness of this
Act shall be subject to the requirement of Section 5 of Article HE
of the Constitution of Maryland that no such local law shall become
effective in regard to a municipal corporation until and unless it shall
have been approved at a regular or special municipal election by a
majority of the voters of that municipal corporation voting on the
question.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all 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 April 11, 1955.

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.