The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-06-13
RESIDENTS OF PARK TO
HAVE ELECTION JULY G
Important Question Relative To
Tax Increase To Be Voted On

III
At an election to be conducted in
Mountain Lake Park on Tuesday, July
9, in addition to electing municipal Of
ficers, the question of whether or not
the Mayor and Council shall be given
the right to raise the tax rate for
municipal purposes will be decided.
Under the law which governs the
fixing of taxes prior to the enactment
of the new statute passed at the re-
cent legislative session, the municipal
tax rate was fixed at small sum. The
new law, provided it is adopted at the
election to be held next month will
empower the Mayor and Council to
increase the tax rate, no maximum
sum being provided in the law.
Those entitled to vote are property
owners, their husband and/or wives,
whether they be residents of the State
of Maryland or not.
The law under which the election is
to be held, known as Senate Bill No.
1874, which became Chapter SO of the
Code of Local Laws when signed by
Governor Nice on April 20, provides:
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section ID of Chapter
507 of the Acts of 1881, incorpo-
rating the town of Mountain Lake
Park, in Garrett county, authoriz-
ing an increase in the tax levy of
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and providing for a referendum
thereon.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section Ia of Chapter 507 of the Acts
of 1881, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments to
read as follows:
Section Ia. And be it further en-
acted, That the said Mayor and Coun-
Gil may from time to time cause an
assessment to be made of all the prop
erty liable to the State and County
taxes within the corporate limits, and
to levy a tax thereon not exceeding
one dollar on the one hundred dollars
in any one year and that said property
shall be assessed at its actual cash
value. And the said Mayor and Coun-
Gil may appoint an assessor and col
lector of taxes and fix his salary or
compensation, and provide for a meth
cd of collecting the taxes by ordi-
nance, and also the method of MAX
ing assessments; and any person ag-
grieved by any assessment made under
this provision shall have the right of
an appeal to the said Mayor and Coun-
Gil of said town of Mountain Lake
Park.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall not become eff
fective until it shall have been sub
mitted to the qualified voters of said
town of Mountain Lake Park for adop-
ton or rejection at the regular town
election in August, 1885. There shall
be printed on the official ballots to be
used at said election the title of this
Act and underneath said title on sep
arate lines square or box to the right
of and opposite the words For In
crease in Tax Rate" and correspond
ing square or box to the right of and
opposite the words Against Increase
in Tax Rate" so that the voters shall
be able to designate by cross mark in
the proper square or box his or her
decision for or against said Increase
in Tax Rate. If a majority of the votes
cast on said question shall be "For In
crease in Tax Rate" then this Act
shall Immediately become effective,
but if majority of the votes cast
thereon shall be against Increase in
Tax Rate" then this Act shall be null
and void and of no effect whatsoever.
While there is conflict respecting
the date of holding the election in the
charter and the above measure, the
municipal authorities have decided to
submit the question at the regular
election on July 9.