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allowed; provided, further, such exemption shall be allowed only if
the combined gross income of said tenants by the entirety does not
exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) for any one year; provided,
further, that such exemption shall be allowed if either one or both
of said tenants are sixty-five (65) years of age or more, or if either
one or both of said tenants shall have resided on such property for
the preceding five years; provided, further, however, that only one
such exemption shall be allowed on any real estate taxable hereunder.

(b) Every person seeking to have his residential property taxed as
provided herein shall first make application APPLICATION to the
County Manager for Montgomery County or his designated agent, in
writing, setting forth thereon his, her or their name, age, place of
residence, total gross income from all sources for the next preceding
calendar year, total consecutive years of residence in said Montgom-
ery County immediately preceding the date of said application, and
the source of ownership of the residential property sought to be taxed
as herein provided. Said application shall be accompanied by an affi-
davit of the person making said application certifying to the truth
of the application's content, and said application shall be submitted
to the said County Manager or his designated agent at least twenty-
one (21) calendar days before the date of finality for real property
ownership in Montgomery County of the year for which said re-
duction of assessment, if granted hereunder, would apply. There-
upon, said County Manager or his designated agent shall read and
consider each of said applications and shall approve or disapprove
same prior to said date of finality.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency law and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety, and being passed upon
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, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 11, 1959.

CHAPTER 191
(House Bill 212)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 6 of
Article 76 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Publication of Laws", adding Montgomery County AND
HOWARD COUNTIES to the list of those countiese COUNTIES
excepted from certain requirements for the publication of local
laws.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 6 of Article 76 of the Annotated Code of Maryland

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