2214                               Municipal Charters

joined to carry out the provisions of Section 3 hereof and as evidence of
said compliance, the Mayor shall cause to be affixed to the minutes of this
meeting appropriate certificates of publication of the newspaper in which
the public notice of the proposed annexation and public hearing shall have
been published.

The above Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of The Mayor
and Council of Hurlock, held the 26th day of May 1970, 2 Councilmen voting
in the affirmative and 0 Councilmen voting in the negative.

THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF HURLOCK
By: William V. Smith, Mayor

ATTEST:
Martha C. Fleming

HYATTSVILLE

Prince George's County
CITY OF HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND

Resolution to amend the City Charter to provide for a penalty
in addition to the interest rate on overdue taxes.

WHEREAS, the City Council met on the 1st day of February, 1971
and discussed the problem of delinquent taxes, and

WHEREAS, it was deemed necessary and to be in the best interest
of the City to collect taxes promptly, and

WHEREAS, the Council also felt that the imposition of penalties on
late tax payments would be the best way to encourage the prompt pay-
ment of local Hyattsville taxes, and

WHEREAS, a motion was duly placed upon the floor, and unanimously
passed by the Council, that

BE IT RESOLVED and Ordained this 15th day of March, 1971, that
the Hyattsville City Council proposes an amendment to the City Charter
in accordance with the Home Rule Procedures of Article 23A of the "An-
notated Code of Maryland," by amending Section 5-16 "When taxes due,
interest on overdue taxes, collection of taxes, etc." to read as follows:

Section 5-16. When taxes due; [etc.;] interest on overdue taxes; col-
lection of [taxes unpaid by the first day of January.] INTEREST AND
PENALTY ON TAXES UNPAID BY THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER.

The taxes provided for in Section 5-14 of this Charter shall be due and
payable on the first day of July in the year for which they are levied and
shall be overdue and in arrears on the first day of the following October.
They shall bear interest while in arrears at the rate of one-half of one
percent (0.5%) PLUS A PENALTY OF ONE-HALF OF ONE PER CENT
(0.5%) for each month or fraction of a month until paid. All taxes not
paid and in arrears shall be collected as provided in Section 5-17 of this
Charter.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of the adoption of this
Resolution is March 15, 1971, and that the Amendment to the Charter of
the City of Hyattsville, hereby proposed shall become effective July 1, 1971,