TANEYTOWN                                          2443

APPROVED This 22nd day of February, 1971.

Neal W. Powell, Mayor

CHARTER RESOLUTION NO. 271

RESOLUTION of the Mayor and Council of the City of Taneytown adopted
pursuant to the authority of Section 3 (Home Rule) of Article XI-E (Municipal
Corporations) of the Constitution of Maryland and of Section 13 of Article 23A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume, as amended) title
"Corporations - Municipal," subtitle "Home Rule," to amend the Charter of the
City of Taneytown (being Sections 540 to 637, inclusive, of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Carroll County (1965 Edition, as amended) and being Article 7 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, by amending Section 590 by
repealing and re-enacting said Section 590 to provide that the City of Taneytown
shall have the power to make half-year levies on new construction and increasing
the rate of interest on all overdue taxes.

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Taneytown that the Charter of said municipal corporation be and the same is
hereby amended by repealing Section 590 of said Charter and re-enacting the same
to read as follows:

590. TAXES OVERDUE

THE TAXES PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 588 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 FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE FOLLOWING
AUGUST. THEY SHALL BEAR INTEREST WHILE IN ARREARS AT
THE RATE OF ONE PERCENTUM (1%) FOR EACH MONTH OR
FRACTION THEREOF UNTIL PAID. ALL SUCH TAXES OVERDUE AND
IN ARREARS AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THE FOLLOWING
NOVEMBER MAY BE COLLECTED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 591.
THE CITY SHALL ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO LEVY A HALF-YEAR
TAX ON NEW CONSTRUCTION WHICH TAX SHALL BE DUE AND
PAYABLE ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR FOR
WHICH SUCH TAX IS LEVIED AND SHALL BE OVERDUE AND IN
ARREARS ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE FOLLOWING
FEBRUARY AND ALL SUCH TAXES OVERDUE AND IN ARREARS
SHALL BEAR THE SAME RATE OF INTEREST AS HEREIN PROVIDED
FOR TAXES DUE AND PAYABLE ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Charter
Amendment shall become and be considered a part of the Municipal Charter in all
respects to be effective and observed as such, upon the fiftieth day after the date of
adoption, unless on or before the fortieth day thereafter there shall be presented to
the Mayor and Council of the City of Taneytown, or mailed to it, a petition for
referendum in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(g) of Article 23A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland.