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FRUITLAND

repealed and that new Section 113 O be re-enacted in
place thereof to read as follows:

Section 113 0. Industrial Exemptions.

To encourage industrial expansion in the City of
Fruitland, or to encourage the annexation of adjacent
industrial plants AND/OR SITES into the City, the Council
is authorized to exempt from taxation for corporate
purposes the buildings and equipment owned and operated
by any manufacturing company or association newly
established within or newly annexed within the limits of
the City. Such exemption shall in no case exceed a
maximum of five years.

FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF
MANUFACTURING MACHINERY SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION BY
THE CITY OF FRUITLAND DURING THE 1974-75 FISCAL YEAR;
SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT (75%) OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION
THEREOF SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION DURING THE 1975-76
FISCAL YEAR; AND MANUFACTURING MACHINERY SHALL THEREAFTER
BE TOTALLY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION BY THE CITY OF FRUITLAND.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION MANUFACTURING
MACHINERY SHALL BE DEFINED TO INCLUDE ALL MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT AT A FIXED LOCATION WITHIN A MANUFACTURING
PLANT WHICH PERFORMS A FUNCTION IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING
THE RAW MATERIAL INTO THE FINISHED PRODUCT WHICH SHALL
INCLUDE CANNING, BOTTLING, AND LABELING MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT
USED FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PRODUCTS OR RAW MATERIALS
UNLESS SAID TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT FORMS AN INTEGRAL
PART OF AN ASSEMBLY LINE.

Section II. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ENACTED AND
ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRUITLAND,
MARYLAND, that this Charter Amendment shall take effect
fifty (50) days from the date of passage thereof.

Approved August 13, 1974

FUNKSTOWN
(Washington County)

RESOLUTION OF THE BURGESS AND COMMISSIONERS OF FUNKSTOWN
TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF
FUNKSTOWN AND THE DESIGNATED NAMES OF THE CORPORATE
ELECTED OFFICIALS OF FUNKSTOWN AND THEREBY AMEND