306                              Laws op Maryland                      [Ch. 120

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 176 be and it is hereby added to Article 89B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1955 Supplement),
title "State Roads", said new section to follow immediately after
Section 175 thereof, to be under the new sub-title "Special Tax Dis-
tricts", and to read as follows:

Special Tax Districts

176. Whenever the State Roads Commission acquires property for
the construction, reconstruction, repair or maintenance of State high"
ways or for other purposes, and such property is subject to front-foot
OR OTHER assessments levied by a special tax district

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principal unpaid remaining sum of said assessment INCLUDING
ACCRUED INTEREST TO THE DATE OF, BUT ONLY TO THE
DATE OF, SAID ACQUISITION shall become due and payable to
the said special tax district, and said sum shall become a lien against
said property. It shall be the duty of the State Roads Commission,
in such cases, WHEN THE PROPERTY IS ACQUIRED WITHOUT
EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS, prior to making final settle-
ment with the property owner, to provide for the payment to the
special tax district of the unpaid balance of such assessment BY
DEDUCTING SUCH AMOUNT FROM THE TOTAL TO BE
PAID THE OWNER OR OWNERS THEREOF, and said assessment
must be paid BY SAID COMMISSION and said lien satisfied before
the deed evidencing such transfer to the State Roads Commission
may be recorded among the land records of the county. If the prop-
erty is acquired through eminent domain, it shall be proper for the
jury to consider the AMOUNT OF ANY unpaid front-foot OR
OTHER assessment in arriving at the amount of damages AND THE
JURY SHALL MAKE A SEPARATE AWARD IN FAVOR OF A
SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT FOR ANY SUCH ASSESSMENT IF
SUCH DISTRICT IS A PARTY TO THE EMINENT DOMAIN
PROCEEDING AND A SEPARATE AWARD TO the property
owner is entitled to receive FOR THE VALUE OF SUCH PROP-
ERTY EXCLUDING ANY SUCH ASSESSMENT; in such cases
the property owner shall receive the full amount provided in the
inquisition FOR SUCH PROPERTY VALUE

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and
the amount allowed DUE for the said unpaid front-foot OR OTHER,
assessment, if any, shall be paid by the State Roads Commission to
the special tax district.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1956.

Approved April 4, 1956.