CHARLESTOWN                                       1903

CHARLESTOWN

Cecil County

Resolution of August 13, 1968

Resolution of The Commissioners of Charlestown, adopted pursuant
to the authority of Article 11-E of the Constitution of Maryland
and Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, to amend
Section 40 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Cecil County (1961
Edition), said Code being Article 8 of the Public Local Laws of
Maryland, and said Section being part of the Charter of The Com-
missioners of Charlestown, the purpose of this amendment being
to empower the Town to levy ad valorem taxes in excess of the
limitation therein prescribed for the purpose of enabling the Town
to pay for the cost of installing either a water system or a sewer
system, or both, in said Town, such cost to include the payment of
all or a part of the debt service on bonds issued by the Town or
by any other agency of the State of Maryland for the benefit of
the Town.

Section 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF
CHARLESTOWN, that Section 40 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Cecil County (1961 Edition), said Code being Article 8 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, and said Section being part of the Charter
of The Commissioners of Charlestown, be, and the same is hereby,
amended to read as follows:

40. [Maximum Tax Rate] Tax Rates; Assessments.

The President and Commissioners are hereby authorized, empowered
and directed to levy during the month of July and cause to be collected
annually, ad valorem taxes [not more than Thirty-five Cents] on each
$100 of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property in said
Town, based on the State and County assessments for all purposes, and
any taxes so levied shall be a lien on any and all property of the person,
company or corporation against whom they may be levied, and the taxes
for each year are payable on the 1st day of September next succeeding
the levy thereof, and shall be in arrears and subject to interest at the
rate of Six Per Cent from and after the 1st day of October next succeed-
ing the levy thereof. The rate at which said annual tax shall be levied
to pay the cost of general government of the Town shall not exceed the
rate of Thirty-five Cents on each $100 of said assessed valuation. In addi-
tion, the President and Commissioners may annually levy, without limit,
an ad valorem tax at such rate as may be necessary to pay the cost of
installing a water system or a sewer system, or both, in the Town, such
cost to include debt service on any bonds issued by the Town for the pur-
pose, or the annual contribution which the Town may be obligated to
make to any other agency financing the installation of said water or
sewer systems. The annual tax for the general government of the Town,
together with the annual tax to pay the cost of said water or sewer sys-
tem, or both, shall be treated as a single tax, at the combined rate
thereof, for the purposes of the levy, collection and enforcement of the
payment thereof.