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subject to ordinary city taxes located within said special taxing
districts an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to provide adequate
annual revenues to pay the principal and interest on any bonds or
other obligations of such municipality issued for such purposes as
the said principal and interest may become due. All such taxes shall
be levied in the same manner, upon the same assessments, for the
same period or periods, and as of the same date or dates of finality
as are now or may hereafter be prescribed for ordinary city taxes.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 455
(House Bill 391)

AN ACT to repeal Section 19 (b) of Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1960 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes",
sub-title "Method of Assessment", and to enact a new Section
19 (b) in lieu thereof to stand in the place of the section so
repealed, re-enacting without change the provisions of said Sec-
tion 19 (b) as the same was last amended by Chapter 52 of the
Acts of 1960 in order to resolve any possible doubts about the
validity and effectiveness of said Act of 1960 insofar as concerns
the fact that it was enacted prior to the time of ratification of
amendments proposed to the Constitution of Maryland in Chapters
64 and 65 of the Acts of 1960, said proposed amendments being
ratified by the voters at the election in November, 1960.

Whereas, In Chapter 52 of the Acts of 1960 the General Assembly
amended Section 19 (b) of Article 81 of the Code relating to the
assessment of property used for farming or agriculture; and

Whereas, In the same session of the General Assembly in Chap-
ters 64 and 65 thereof, the General Assembly also proposed amend-
ments to Article 15 and to Article 43 of the Declaration of Rights
of Maryland; and

Whereas, If there is any possible question about the provisions
contained in Chapter 52 of the Acts of 1960 because of the fact that
it became effective prior to the time the two constitutional amend-
ments were ratified by the voters, the General Assembly wishes to
resolve any such question by repealing the provisions of said Sec-
tion 19 (b) of Article 81 of the Code and by re-enacting them without
change; now, therefore

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 19 (b) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1960 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Method
of Assessment", be and it is hereby repealed; and to enact a new
Section 19 (b) in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the section so
repealed, and to read as follows: