BLADENSBURG                                        1895

dred (100.) dollars assessable valuation on certain classes of property
within the Town of Bladensburg.

Whereas, Chapter 341 of the Laws of Maryland, 1947, enacted a new
Charter for the Town of Bladensburg, and subsequent Acts of the General
Assembly enacted amendments thereof and thereto, and as amended to
1963, the Charter is codified as Sections 3.01 to 3.61, inclusive, of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County, Md., 1963-Edition by
Everstine, and

Whereas, Pursuant to Article HE of the Constitution of Maryland and
pursuant to Chapter 423 of the Laws of 1955, being Article 23A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, 1957-Edition, as amended, the Mayor and
Council of Bladensburg being the legislative body of said municipal cor-
poration, have adopted and enacted certain amendments to the Charter of
the Town of Bladensburg, all being accomplished in accordance with the
requirements and procedures in said Article 23A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland; and

Whereas, The Mayor and Council of Bladensburg, proposes, by actions
of this Charter Amendment, to repeal and amend Chapter 3, Section 58,
titled "Taxation of Rural Areas," having determined that no farm land nor
agriculture land exist as such and that no such land is being used for
production of crops or livestock as a business enterprise nor for marketing
purposes within the Town of Bladensburg, therefore, the existing Chapter
3, Section 58, titled, "Taxation of Rural Areas," should be repealed and re-
enacted making all real property lying within the boundaries of the
Town of Bladensburg be taxed on equal basis and that no classes of real
property be established for differences of the property tax rate effective for
the Town fiscal year 1969-70, and thereafter.

Section 1. BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Council, Town of Bladensburg, Md., That Chapter 3, Section 58, titled,
"Taxation of Rural Areas" of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County, Md., 1963-Edition by Everstine, as amended, relating to a
class distinction of property taxes levied upon certain property owners
within the Town of Bladensburg, be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments and to read as follows:

Taxation of Rural Areas. Real Property within the Town of Bladens-

burg, having the charter of rural and undeveloped and unimproved land,

or land primarily for farming purposes shall be a class of property and a

rate of tax may be levied thereon different from the rate to be levied on

all other property within the Town, and said different rate of tax on said

class shall not at no time exceed ($0.15) on the one hundred dollars

($100.00 dollars) assessed valuation.

CHAPTER 3, SECTION 58

TAXATION OF REAL PROPERTY. FOR TAX PURPOSES REAL
PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN OF BLADENSBURG SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AS DET