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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 561

the county tax levy, and to provide for the levy thereupon
and upon the value of land in accordance with Article 15 of
the Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of Maryland as
amended, of any such which may be necessary to pay and
discharge the principal and interest of any loan which may
heretofore have been obtained, or which may hereafter be
obtained by such county, according to law, and to create a
sinking fund to meet the liabilities thus incurred, and levy
upon the property so subject to taxation from time to time
such sums as may be necessary to provide therefor; as well
as to collect from such property so subject to the levy such
sums as may be necessary for the support and maintenance of
the county government.

To provide for the prompt collection of all taxes due
the county; and for the sale of real estate, as well as
leasehold and personal property, for the payment of the
same.:

To rectify errors in the assessment of property, to
provide for the reduction or abatement of assessments
improperly mad, and for the reimbursement of moneys paid in
consequence of such errors.

To levy and collect taxes for the organization,

operation, maintenance of libraries, fire and ambulance
services, and other municipal services and to authorize the
purchase, sale, construction, maintenance, and operation of
all real and personal property necessary or incidental to
such services and to establish, modify, amend and abolish
special taxing areas for any of the purposes enumerated in
this article, except that nothing herein contained shall be

construed to permit the modification or abolition of

existing special taxing areas performing municipal services,
(other than furnishing fire protection or library service)
and governed or administered by a citizen's committee or a
commission elected or appointed independently of the county

council. A SPECIAL TAXING AREA SHALL BE ABOLISHED IN ITS

ENTIRETY WHEN IT BECOMES A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR IS
ANNEXED INTO AN EXISTING MUNICIPAL CORPORATION EFFECTIVE ON
THE DATE OF INCORPORATION OR ANNEXATION.

To levy and collect taxes to provide for the payment of
additional retirement or disability benefits to such former
employees of the county as may, in the opinion of the county
council, be entitled to receive such additional benefits.

That the special taxing area or district created by
Chapter 566 of the Acts of 1914 and known as Section 3 of
the Village of Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland,
shall be abolished in its entirety when it becomes, in its
entirety, a municipal corporation or when it is annexed, in
its entirety, into an existing municipal corporation;
provided that any contract, obligation, duty, liability, or
penalty outstanding on behalf of the special taxing area or