BLADENSBURG                                        1897

BLADENSBURG

Maryland
December 2, 1968

CHARTER AMENDMENT: LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT

A Resolution to amend the Charter of the Town of Bladensburg, Md.,
by repealing and to re-enact with amendments, Section 57A, Chapter
341, Laws of Maryland, 1947, as amended, the same being Section
3-56, Bladensburg, of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County, Maryland, 1963-Edition by Everstine, being Article
17 of the Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's County," Subtitle
"Bladensburg,"

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 being the legislative body of said municipal corporation,
have adopted and enacted certain amendments to the Charter of the Town
of Bladensburg, all being accomplished in accordance with the require-
ments and procedures in said Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land.

Whereas, The Mayor and Council of Bladensburg proposes by action
of this Charter Amendment to modify by repealing and amending Chapter
3-56 sub (f) title, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL ASSESS-
MENTS benefited by new street improvement and construction whereby
using the formula, for assessment purposes, the number of feet of street
improvement where two or more sides of a parcel of land in a residential
zone abutting the improved street or sidewalk is considered by the Mayor
and Council to need revision to provide a more equitable basis of paying
the costs of the improvement.

Section 1. BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Council, Town of Bladensburg, Md., That Section 3-56, titled "PUB-
LIC WAYS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT," subtitle (f) Levy and col-
lection of special assessment, p-79-80, of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Prince George's County, Maryland, 1963-Edition by Everstine, as
amended, be and is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments and
to read as follows:

3-56(f) Levy and collection of special assessment. The Town shall have
the right to levy and collect taxes in the form of special assessment upon
property especially benefited by new street improvement and construction,
new sidewalk construction, and by storm water and watershed drainage
construction or parts thereof, and to provide for the payment of the cost
of such projects from the proceeds of the special assessments. The cost of
any such project shall include the direct costs thereof as well as the cost of
any land acquired for the project, the principal and the interest payments
of bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued to obtain funds
for such construction and the advertising, legal, administrative, engineer-
ing, surveying, inspection and miscellaneous fees and charges incurred
in connection with the project.

The special assessment authorized by the provisions hereof shall be
levied proportional against