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each member of the Board of Education shall receive not more than
two hundred dollars annually for such traveling and other expenses.
In St. Mary's County each member of the Board of Education shall
receive the sum of $200.00 annually for such traveling and other
expenses. In Frederick County each member of the Board of Edu-
cation shall receive the sum of $300.00 annually for such traveling
and other expenses. In Worcester County each member of the Board
of Education shall receive the sum of $250.00 annually for such trav-
eling and other expenses.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 28, 1959.

CHAPTER 721
(House Bill 852)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 496 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Washington County (1957
Edition being Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Washington County", sub-title "Manufacturing
Plants", providing for a 5-year tax exemption for certain manu-
facturing plants in Washington County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 496 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Washington
County (1957 Edition, being Article 22 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Washington County", sub-title "Manufac-
turing Plants", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

496. Manufacturers' tax exemption.

For the purpose of encouraging the location in and the growth and
development of factories, manufacturing industries, establishments,
plants and the like in Hagerstown and elsewhere in Washington
County, the County Commissioners of said county are hereby author-
ized and empowered to exempt from county taxation for a period of
years not exceeding five from the date of the passage of this section,
such factories, manufacturing industries, establishments, plants and
the like, and the land, machinery and tools therewith used, stock in
trade and products thereof as may be located in said Hagerstown or
elsewhere in said county; said County Commissioners to determine
what factories, manufacturing industries, establishments, plants and
the like are within the meaning and purpose of this section; provided,
however, that such exemption from county taxation shall only be
granted when ten or more wage earners are regularly employed by
the person, persons, or corporation applying to the said County Com-

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