332                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                  Ch. 151

348-I.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL, ON OR BEFORE JULY 1,
OF EACH YEAR CERTIFY ITS BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS HEREUNDER TO
THE TREASURER OF CHARLES COUNTY FOR COLLECTION FROM THE
PROPERTY OWNERS AFFECTED, AND THE TREASURER SHALL ADD THE
BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS TO THE STATE AND COUNTY PROPERTY TAX
BILLS FOR COLLECTION SUBJECT TO DISCOUNT AND INTEREST
ALLOWANCES OR CHARGES AS NOW PROVIDED BY LAW FOR CHARLES
COUNTY TAXES ON REAL PROPERTY AND UPON FAILURE OF PAYMENT
OF THE BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS, THEY MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM ANY
SURPLUS IN THE HANDS OF THE TREASURER AFTER SALE FOR
NONPAYMENT OF STATE AND COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES UNDER
PROPER ORDER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. IN THE ALTERNATIVE,
THE LIEN CREATED IN FAVOR OF THE ANNUAL BENEFIT

ASSESSMENTS MAY BE ENFORCED BY BILL IN EQUITY OR BY
ACTION AT LAW. NO DEED OR CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY
SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BY THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE UNTIL PROOF
OF PAYMENT OF ALL BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS HAS BEEN EXHIBITED
TO THE TRANSFER CLERK.

348J.

ANY INTERESTED PERSON FEELING AGGRIEVED BY THE
LEVYING OF ANY BENEFIT ASSESSMENT UNDER THIS SECTION
SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
CHARLES COUNTY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE FINAL
ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
AND THE COURT, SITTING WITHOUT A JURY, IS AUTHORIZED TO
HEAP AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTED
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED HEREIN AND WHETHER THE
BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS LEVIED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ACT ARE IMPOSED ACCORDING TO LAW.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 13, 1976.

CHAPTER 152

(House Bill 13)

AN ACT concerning

Dentistry

FOR the purpose of providing immunity from liability for
certain persons in relation to transmitting
information to certain parties under certain
circumstances in relation to evaluations of
dentists; and defining a certain term.

BY adding to