78 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 32]

rated under the laws of this State and located in Baltimore
City. It shall be the duty of the Appeal Tax Court to make
such abatement of taxes, levied as aforesaid, as may be author-
ized and directed by ordinance, as aforesaid; provided that
application for such abatement as aforesaid shall be made by
the party applying for the same before the annual revision and
correction of the tax lists for the year in which said applicant
desires such abatement, but it shall not be necessary for the
applicant to renew his application from year to year. Said
application shall be verified to the satisfaction of said Court
by the oath of the party applying for the same or other satis-
factory evidence. Said court shall further keep a record of
all abatements made by it as aforesaid and report in writing
the aggregate amount thereof to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore on or before the fifteenth day of October in each
year.

(I) Duty of Court.

Within ten days after the return of said inquisition to said
court, exceptions may be filed, in writing, by any party inter-
ested, showing cause why said inquisition should not be con-
firmed. If said exceptions be filed, the court shall cause the
whole matter to be tried de novo before a jury to be selected
and impaneled as juries in ordinary cases at law, and the trial
shall be governed by the same rules as to the admission of evi-
dence and instructions to the jury as apply in ordinary law
cases. Upon request of any party to the proceedings, or any
juror, the jury may be sent to view the premises, under such
regulations as the court may, by general rule or special order,
provide. From any decision on matter of law made by said
court, during such trial, an appeal may be taken to the Court
of Appeals, provided, that such appeal be taken within ten days
after such decision shall be made, and the Court of Appeals
may award costs to either party in its discretion.

13. Nothing contained in this article shall prevent the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, from, in any mariner,
disposing of any building or parcel of land no longer needed
for public use; provided, that such disposition shall be author-
ized and provided for by ordinance, and shall be approved by
the Commissioners of Finance by their uniting in the con-
veyance thereof, and shall be made at public sale, unless a
private sale be expressly authorized by the Board of Esti-
mates and so entered on their minutes; nor from renting for
fixed and limited terms any of its property not needed for
public purposes, on approval of the Commissioners of Finance.