1582                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 717

sions of existing laws relating to notice to be given by the Board of
Municipal and Zoning Appeals before changing the classification of
property under The Act of 1908, Chapter 286, and to appeals from
the actions of the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals there-
under, shall be applicable to the notice to be given by the Board of
Municipal and Zoning Appeals and to the right of appeal from their
actions under this subtitle. After having given such owner reason-
able notice and opportunity to be heard, as herein provided, the
Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals shall proceed to make the
classification as herein provided, and shall certify their actions, in
making classifications of property for the special tax provided by
this subtitle, to the [City Treasurer] Director of Finance in the
same manner as in cases of classifications of real and leasehold prop-
erty in the Annex for the different rates of taxation as provided
under the subtitle relating thereto; and the said [City Treasurer]
Director of Finance shall add said special tax to the tax bill of the
property as a separate item, to be called "Special Paving Tax," and
shall collect the same in the same manner as ordinary taxes on real
estate are collected. All the provisions of existing laws and ordi-
nance, and any amendment or amendments thereto, relating to the
lien of discounts, interest and penalty or other charges upon the
ordinary taxes on real estate, and the powers and duties of the City
Collector in regard to the collecting, keeping accounts of, account-
ing for, and depositing [such taxes, shall apply to the special tax
herein provided for, except where inconsistent with some provision
of this subtitle. On the first day of every month, or next legal day if
the first day be Sunday or a holiday, the City Collector shall account
for and pay over to the Comptroller, to be by him deposited with the
City Register and to be placed to the credit of the new paving fund
provided for in the Acts of 1906, Chapter 401, and 1908, Chapter 202,
and to be exclusively applicable to the cost of the work authorized by
said Acts or by any amendment or amendments thereof, all the
proceeds of the special tax herein levied which he shall have collected
during the preceding month.] in the General Funds of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 717
(House Bill 1022)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 117(c)
(d) (e), 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, AND 123, and 124 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Charles County (1965 Edition, being Article
9 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Charles
County," subtitle "Fire Companies," last amended by Chapter 56
of the Acts of 1968; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 124 OF SAID
ARTICLE AND SUBTITLE AND RE-ENACT T