EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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WHEREAS, The restrictions and conditions thrown around

said devise and bequest are such as that the said Minister and

deprived of
full enjoy-

Trustees of Starr Methodist Protestant Church are deprived

ment of same.

of the full enjoyment thereof, without seriously affecting their

proper mode of worship ; and,

WHEREAS, It will be a great relief and benefit to said re-

Exempt from

ligious body to exempt said wharf property from taxation,

taxation.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the wharf property on Light street, in the City of

Where located.

Baltimore, opposite the lot on said Light street conveyed to

Wesley Starr by John H. B. Latrobe and others, trustees, by

a deed dated January 1, 1842, and recorded among the Land

Records of Baltimore City, in Liber T. K. No. 315, page 316,

and by said Wesley Starr devised and bequeathed unto the

Minister and Trustees of Starr Methodist Protestant Church

of the City of Baltimore, said wharf property fronting thirty-

one feet and one inch on Light street, beginning at the inter-

section of Pratt and Light streets, shall be and the same is

hereby forever exempted from municipal taxation so long as

the said property, or the income therefrom, shall be owned and

Taxes in arrear

enjoyed by the said Minister and Trustees of Starr Methodist

remitted.

Protestant Church, and that all taxes in arrear upon said prop-

erty are hereby released and remitted.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 264.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 22 of the Code of

Public Local Laws, title "Washington County," sub-title

"Keedysville," said section to be known as 295A.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws, title

Keedysville.
Washington

"Washington County," sub-title "Keedysville," be amended by

County.

the addition of a new section, to be known as Section 295A, and

to read as follows :

295A. The Burgess and Commissioners shall have power to
regulate, license and tax all hackney carriages, omnibuses or

Regulating: and
taxing passen-

other vehicles used in said town for the carriage of passengers

ger vehicles.

for hire, and also all vehicles used for the carriage or trans-

portation of freight or merchandise for hire, and all carts or

other vehicles which ply for hire.