1384                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 648

Act having enacted the subtitle "Park and Planning Commission,"
and added said subtitle to the Montgomery County Code (1960
Edition, being Chapter 72 of said Montgomery County Code), and
added said subtitle also to the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1953 Edition, being Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland), said Section 51 (a) being in the
subheading "Metropolitan District," amending the laws relating to
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
in order to increase the amount of the mandatory park tax which
is to be levied within the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan Dis-
trict in Montgomery County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 51 (a) of Chapter 780 of the Acts of the General As-
sembly of 1959, said Act having enacted the subtitle "Park and
Planning Commission," and added said subtitle to the Montgomery
County Code (1960 Edition, being Chapter 72 of the said Mont-
gomery County Code), and added said subtitle also to the Code of
Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1953 Edition, being
Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), and said
Section 51 (a) being in the subheading "Metropolitan District," be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

51. Tax levies generally.

(a) Required in Montgomery County. From June 1, 1953, Mont-
gomery County is authorized and directed to levy against all of the
property within that portion of the Metropolitan District within
Montgomery County assessed for the purposes of county taxation,
annually the tax of [seven cents (7¢)] ten cents (10¢ NINE CENTS
(9¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed valuation.
The tax shall be levied notwithstanding the fact that no interest may
be due on any said bonds or notes and/or notwithstanding the fact that
no bonds or notes whatever have been issued under this subheading.
Every sixty (60) days the tax so levied and collected to date by the
county shall be remitted to the commission. The proceeds of the said
[seven cents (7¢)] ten cents (10¢ (100 NINE CENTS (9¢) tax, after
providing for debt service on bonds issued, pursuant to Sections 44,
45 and 48 of this subheading may be used by the commission within
its discretion for the purpose of policing the several parks or other
areas under its jurisdiction and/or for the purpose of acquisition,
development, beautification, or maintenance of such parks and/or
other areas and/or the establishment therein of such playground
and recreational facilities as the commission may determine.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency law and necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health and safety, and being passed upon 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 April 30, 1963.