614                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 475

Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District and designating such
area as the "Upper Montgomery County Metropolitan District",
providing for the levy, collection and expenditure of an ad valorem
tax in said District, and relating generally thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section be, and it hereby is added to the Maryland-
Washington Metropolitan District Act, as enacted by Chapter 1008
of the Laws of 1943 as amended, to be known as Section I-C and to
follow immediately after Section I-B and to read as follows:

I-C. All of the area of Montgomery County not included within
the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District as it is now or may
hereafter be defined, with the exception of the area now or here-
after located within the boundaries of municipal corporations as
defined in Article 23A, section 9, of this Code, is hereby added to
said Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District and is designated
the "Upper Montgomery County Metropolitan District" and which
for purposes of taxation shall constitute a special taxing district in
which the Montgomery County Council is authorized to levy annually
a tax of not to exceed five cents (5c) on each one hundred dollars
of assessable property within said Upper Montgomery County Met-
ropolitan District, which tax shall be collected and paid over to the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and shall
be expended by said Commission for the acquisition, maintenance
and development of parks and playgrounds in said Upper Mont-
gomery County Metropolitan District, provided that no part of the
revenue derived from such tax shall be expended for the amortization
of bonds or other certificates of indebtedness.

That portion of the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District
in Montgomery County existing prior to the effective date of this
Act, and including any extensions that may be made to it from time
to time, for purposes of distinction is designated and shall be known
as the "Lower Montgomery County Metropolitan District" and shall
in all other respects be unaffected by the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That except as otherwise pro-
vided herein, all Acts or parts of Acts or laws and parts of laws
inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 475
(House Bill 526)

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Public Works to transfer from
State ownership Miners' Hospital in Frostburg, including all real,

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