1392                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 656

Vehicles," subtitle "Administration—Registration—Titling," to fol-
low immediately after Section 23(7) thereof, and to read as follows:

23.

(8) Any trailer or semi-trailer, when operated in intrastate serv-
ices, may be duly registered in another state, provided the truck
tractor or towing vehicle is properly registered in this state and the
registered owner of said truck tractor or towing vehicle has a trailer
or semi-trailer registered in this State for each truck tractor also
registered in this State.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 656

(House Bill 1001)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1453A
(a) of 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), title "Prince George's County," subtitle "Tax Ex-
emptions," as such section was enacted by Chapter 593 of the Acts
of 1961, relating to real property tax exemptions for persons over
65 years of age in Prince George's County. and increasing such
exemption from $3,000 to $5,000 and increasing the maximum
allowable annual income from $3,000 to $4,000.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 1453A (a) of 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), title "Prince George's County,"
subtitle "Tax Exemptions," as such section was enacted by Chapter
593 of the Acts of 1961, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

1453A.

(a) Every person over the age of 65 years who has been a bona
fide resident of Prince George's County for the preceding five years
and whose total gross income is [three] four thousand dollars
[($3,000.00)] ($4,000.00) or less per year from all sources, and who
has legal title or beneficial title to real property located in Prince
George's County and who has resided thereon for the preceding five
years and makes such real property his or her permanent home, shall
be entitled to have the sum of AN EXEMPTION FROM COUNTY
TAXES IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE TAX ON [three] five
thousand dollars [($3,000.00)] ($5,000.00) deducted from OF the
assessed valuation of said property for the purpose of County real
estate taxes levied against said property by the said Prince George's
County; AS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEVYING
FOR COUNTY REAL ESTATE TAXES, BUT SAID EXEMPTION
SHALL NOT REDUCE THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF SAID
PROPERTY; provided, that if said taxable real estate is owned as