846 REVENUE AND TAXES. [ART. 81

who shall be Chairman of said Commission during his term, after which
time the chairman of said Commission shall be designated by the Gov-
ernor of the State, and all subsequent appointments shall be so made
that not more than two Commissioners shall at any time be of the
same political party. Each Commissioner shall receive a salary of
Three Thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum, payable, out of the State
Treasury by the State of Maryland. The Chairman of said Commis-
sion shall also receive the sum of Three Thousand Dollars per annum
which shall be paid out of its funds by the Mayor and City Council

of Baltimore, to said Chairman of said Commission, as an employee

of said municipal corporation; and each of the other two Commissioners
shall receive in addition to said Three Thousand Dollars per annum
aforesaid the sum of Two Thousand Dollars per annum which shall be
paid out of its funds by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to

each of said other two Commissioners as employees of said municipal
corporation; and before entering upon office he shall take the oath pre-
scribed by the Constitution. In case of any vacancy the Governor
.shall appoint a competent person to fill the aame, subject to the limita-
tions of appointment contained in this sub-title, and the Governor shall
appoint one Commissioner every two years as the term of the Com-
mission named in this sub-title may expire, subject to the limitations
thereinbefore mentioned. The State Tax 'Commission immediately
after its organization shall appoint a Secretary to serve at the pleasure

of the State Tax Commission, who shall receive a salary of Three Thou-
sand Dollars ($3,000) per annum payable out of the Treasury of the
State of Maryland, and they shall also have the power to employ such

other clerks and stenographers as the Commission may deem necessary,
and the Commission shall have the power to prescribe their duties and
fix their compensation and the salaries of such employees shall be pay-
able out of the State Treasury of the State- of Maryland as other State

employees are now paid. The main office of the State Tax Commis-
sion shall be in Baltimore City. The Commission may appoint an
attorney at law of the State of Maryland to be and act as the general

counsel of said Commission, whose salary shall be fixed by said Com-
mission.

As to the State Tax Commissioner, see section 151, et seq.

1914, ch. 841, sec. 234.

235. It shall be the duty of the State Tax Commission and it shall
have power and authority.

(1) To have general supervision over the administration of the
assessment and tax laws of the State.

(2) To have general supervision over all supervisors of assessments
and to have the final determination of assessments of all property in all
the Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages of the State, to the end that
all taxable property shall be placed upon the assessment books and

equalized between persons, firms and corporations in all the Counties,