Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                     75

CHAPTER 63
(House Bill 95)

AN ACT to add new Sections 95A and 95B to the Code of Public
Local Laws of Allegany County (1955 Edition), being Article 1 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Allegany
County", sub-title "County Treasurer", sub-heading "County Tax
Collectors", to follow immediately after Section 95 thereof, pro-
viding for the exemption from county taxes people over the age of
sixty-five years and who earn less than one hundred dollars per
month.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 95A and 95B be and they are hereby added to the
Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1955 Edition), being
Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Alle-
gany County", sub-title "County Treasurer", sub-heading "County
Tax Collectors", said new section to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 95 of said Article, and to read as follows:

95A. Every person over the age of sixty-five years, who has been a
bona fide resident of Allegany County for the preceding five years
and whose total income is less than One Hundred Dollars per month
from all sources, and who has legal title or beneficial title to real
property located in Allegany County and who resides thereon and
makes the same his or her permanent home, shall be entitled to an
exemption from all taxes levied against said property by the County
Commissioners of Allegany County.

95B. Every person seeking to have his residential property ex-
empted from said taxes shall first make application to said County
Commissioners in writing setting forth thereon his name, age, place
of residence, total income from all sources for the next preceding year,
total consecutive years of residence in said Allegany County next
preceding the date of said application, and the source of ownership
of the residential property sought to be exempted hereunder. Said
application shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the person making
said application certifying to the truth of the application's content,
and said application shall be submitted to said County Commissioners
at least twenty-one (21) calendar days before the date of finality for
real property ownership in Allegany County of the year for which
said exemption, if granted hereunder, would apply. Thereupon, said
County Commissioners shall read and consider each of said applica-
tions and shall approve or disapprove same prior to said date of
finality.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1957.

Approved February 13, 1957.

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.