ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR 1369

purposes of city taxation, to a rate equal to one-third of the
rate to which urban property may be liable. All the ease-
ments and rights of way of railroads and the tracks or other
structures erected thereon, and all easements or other prop-
erty located in, on, under or over the streets, roads, avenues,
alleys, highways or ways in "said annexed territory, shall be
and hereafter remain subject to taxation as now or hereafter
provided by law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on and after June 1, 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 722.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 6 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title, ''Caroline County,"
sub-title, "County Commissioners," to be known as Sec-
tion 59-A and to follow immediately after Section 59 of
said Article, requiring all real property to be transferred
on the County Assessment Book before deeds are received
for recording.

SECTION 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is, hereby added to
Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title,
"Caroline County," sub-title, "County Commissioners," to
be known as Section 59-A, to follow immediately after Section
59 of said Article, and to read as follows:

59-A. Before any deed for the conveyance of real estate
in Caroline County shall be received for record by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court thereof, the person offering said deed
for record shall submit the same to the Clerk to the County
Commissioners of said County, who shall thereupon make
transfer on the County Assessment Books of the said property
to the name of the new owners thereof, and as evidence of
said transfer, shall stamp upon the said deed his certificate
thereof, and deed shall be received for record without said
certificate. At the time of submitting the deed to the Clerk
of the County Commissioners, the person or persons offering
the same shall furnish said Clerk with a statement of the
buildings, if any, upon the land conveyed by said deed, and