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state the duration of the suspension or revocation and shall advise
the licensee of his right to request, in writing within [five] ten days
after [receipt of said notice by]

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to NOTICE IS SENT BY THE COMMISSIONER TO the licensee
(Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excepted), a hearing before
the Commissioner. Each such notice of suspension or revocation
shall be effective beginning five TEN days after [receipt of] said
notice [by] is forwarded to IS FORWARDED TO the licensee,
unless a hearing shall be requested as provided above. The duration
of the initial suspension shall not be less than two days nor more
than thirty days and the duration of any subsequent suspension shall
be for not less than fifteen days and not more than ninety days.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1960.

Approved March 23, 1960.

CHAPTER 52
(House Bill 87)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 19 (b)
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Method of Assessment", re-
lating to the assessment of property used for farming or agricul-
ture.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 19 (b) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Method of As-
sessment", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

19.

(b) Farm or agricultural use. —Lands which are actively devoted
to farm or agricultural use shall be assessed on the basis of such use,
and shall not be assessed as if subdivided,

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it being the intent of the General Assembly that the assessment of
farm land shall be maintained at levels compatible with the con-
tinued use of such land for farming and shall not be adversely af-
fected by neighboring land uses of a more intensive nature. The Gen-
eral Assembly hereby declares it to be in the general public interest
that farming be fostered and encouraged in order to maintain a
readily available source of food and dairy products close to the met-
ropolitan areas of the State, to encourage the preservation of open
space as an amenity necessary to human welfare and happiness, and
to prevent the forced conversion of such open space to more intensive
uses as a result of economic pressures caused by the assessment of

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CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

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