872 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 600]

are mentioned to be done by the judges of the Appeal Tax Court
of Baltimore City in said section 17, and upon the termination
of said proceedings in said Circuit Court it shall cause the pro-
ceedings and decisions on said appeals to be entered in the book
containing the record of the proceedings of the said officer or
officers of said municipal corporation, certified by the clerk
under the seal of the Court, and the book to be transmitted to
the said officer or officers of said municipal corporation, which
shall be final and conclusive in every respect, unless an appeal
be taken to the Court of Appeals as hereinafter provided; and
said record book or a copy of the proceedings therein, or any
part of said proceedings whether in or out of Court, certified by
said officer or officers of said municipal corporation, shall be
evidence in any Court in this State, and the judges of said Cir-
suit Court shall have full power, in their discretion, to require
the costs of appeal, or any part thereof, to be paid by all or
every of the appellants, or by the said municipal corporation,
as the circumstances of each appeal, in the opinion of such
Court shall justify.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 600.

AN ACT to authorize judges and clerks of election in Talbot
and Calvert counties to take the oath of office and qualify for
their duties before any justice of the peace in said county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That all judges and clerks of election, appointed accord-
ing to law by the supervisors of election of Talbot and Calvert
counties, be and the same are hereby authorized to qualify for
their duties and take the oath of office required by law before
any justice of the peace in said counties, who are hereby duly
authorized to administer such oaths to said judges and clerks
of election, and to certify to the same. And upon such qualifi-
cation before such justices of the peace in said Talbot and Cal-
vert counties, said judges and clerks of election are hereby
authorized to enter upon and perform the duties of their respec-
tive offices according to law.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall only apply to
Talbot and Calvert counties, and shall be in force and effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.