1968                              MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

copy of the said Section 857 of Article 17, as enacted, to the Secretary of
the State of Maryland and to the Director of the Department of Legislative
Reference of Maryland.

Enacted:
November 4, 1968

Charles L. Armentrout, Mayor
ATTEST:
A. Leroy Trott, City Clerk-Treasurer

A Resolution to repeal Section 857 of Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, as contained in the 1953 Edition of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (Everstine's
Edition), as further described as that section of the Charter of the
City of Hyattsville entitled "Deductions from assessments of real
property owned by certain persons over the age of sixty-five." Said
repeal and addition of new section is to promulgate uniform real
property tax exemption for citizens over age 65.

Whereas the Mayor and City Council of Hyattsville is aware of
the problems elderly property owners living on limited or retirement in-
come face, and

Whereas the Mayor and City Council is of the opinion that it would
be in the public interest to grant certain elderly property owners an
exemption from municipal taxation by means of amending the City
Charter so as to conform to the exemption extended to this class of tax
payer by the Board of County Commissioners of Prince George's County,
pursuant to General Resolution No. 30-1963 of the said Board of County
Commissioners.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That Section 857 of the
Article 17 of the Public Code of Maryland as contained in the 1953 Edition
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (Everstine's
Edition) and further being described as the Section of the charter of the
City of Hyattsville, Maryland, titled "Deduction from Assessment of Real
Property Owned by Certain Persons Over the Age of Sixty-Five." be re-
pealed in its entirety and in lieu thereof a section numbered 5-13 entitled
"Deduction from Assessment of Real Property Owned by Certain Persons
Over the Age of Sixty-Five" and add Section 5-13a, titled "Application,"
both of which to read as follows:

Sec. 5-13. Deduction from assessment of real property owned by certain
persons over the age of sixty-five.

Every person over the age of sixty-five (65) years who has been a
bona fide resident of the City of Hyattsville, and whose total gross income
is within the prescribed limitation, and who has legal title or beneficial
title to real property located in the City of Hyattsville, and who makes
such real property his or her permanent home, shall be entitled to a deduc-
tion from the assessed valuation of said property for the purpose of City
real estate taxes levied against said property by the City of Hyattsville;
provided, that if said taxable real estate is owned as tenants by entirety,
only one (1) exemption shall be allowed; provided further, such exemp-
tion shall be allowed only if the combined gross income of said tenants
by the entirety does not exceed the prescribed limitations of any one (1)