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bot county, Charles county, Queen Anne's county,
Calvert county, Garrett county, Wicomico county
and Saint Mary's county, each thirty dollars.
SEC. 139. The Clerks of the several Circuit Courts	Not to admin-
and of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, shall	ister oath.
not administer the oath of office to any officer until
he pays the tax on his commissions prescribed in the
preceding section ; and the said clerks shall quarter-
ly, on the first Monday of March, June, September
and December, pay to the Treasurer all sums of
money they shall have received for taxes on commis-
sions.
SEC. 140. The Clerk of the Court of Appeals and
the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city,	Clerks shall pay
shall pay to the Treasurer, two hundred dollars each ;
and the clerks of the circuit court of the several
counties shall each pay the sum of one hundred
dollars when they respectively take the oath of office.
SEC. 141. The Secretary of the State shall furnish
to the Comptroller annually, a list of all officers who	Furnish list of all officers
have been reported to him by the several clerks as
having qualified by taking the oath of office.
SEC. 142. For the purpose of valuing the stock of
banking and other private corporations held by non-	Valuing the
resident stockholders, it is hereby declared and	stock
understood that the stock of banking, insurance or
other corporations, usually termed moneyed insti-
tutions, are situate at the place at which the principal
office for the transacting the business of such corpo-
ration is situate ; the stock of a turnpike, railroad,
steamboat, canal or other improved corporation is
situate at the place where its principal office for the
transaction of business shall be established, if the
said office be within the limits of this State, and shall
be so assessed, and if not, then the assessable property
of such corporation shall be valued and assessed in	Shall be valued and assessed
in the county or counties in which said property is
situate, and in the City of Baltimore so far as it is
situate in said city; and the stock of mining, manu-
facturing and other like corporations, situate at the
place where the works of such corporation, or the
greater part of their operations respectively shall be
conducted, shall be assessed in like manner in the
county or city where such works are situate.
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