56                                 LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [CH. 41

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 82 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard County
(1957 Edition, being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Howard County", sub-title "County Treasurer",
which section was last amended by Chapter 802 of the Acts of 1961,
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

82.

All taxes levied subsequent to those levied for the year 1955 and
which are unpaid on the first day of April following the levy, shall
bear interest from said first day of April until paid at the rate of
six per centum per annum; provided, however, that all taxes levied
for all years prior to the year 1956 shall become due and payable
as of March 11, 1957, and all taxes levied for all years prior to the
year 1956 shall bear interest until paid at the rate of six per centum
per annum, accounting from the first day of July following the levy;
and said Treasurer shall account for said interest in his settlement
with the County Commissioners. On all taxes, except those on per-
sonal property, paid on or before the last day of January of the
year for which the levy was made, a discount of two per cent (2%)
shall be allowed, (in the First and Sixth Districts, for the year 1963
only, if the taxes are paid on or before February 28, 1968, the two
per cent (2%) discount shall be allowed), and on all such taxes paid
during the month of February of the year for which the levy was
made, a discount of one per cent (1%) shall be allowed; and in the
case of all taxes on personal property paid on or before the last day
of June of the year for which the levy was made a discount of two
per cent (2%) shall be allowed and on all such taxes paid during
the month of July of the year for which the levy was made a dis-
count of one per cent (1 %) shall be allowed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the mem-
bers elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 26, 1963.

CHAPTER 41
(Senate Bill 9)

AN ACT to repeal UPON THE HAPPENING OF A CERTAIN
CONTINGENCY Article 65A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition hereinafter referred to as "the Code"), title "Mor-
gan State College"; to repeal Sections 4 to 10, inclusive, of Article
49B of the Code, title "Interracial Commission", subtitle "Negro
Scholarships"; to repeal Sections 28, 143, 278 and 279 of Article
77 of the Code, title "Public Education", subtitles, respectively,
"Chapter 3. State Board of Education," "Chapter 10. School