84 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

TAXES.

Chapter 119 amends 1862, ch. 251, (I. Supplement, 51, ) as follows:

41. The mayor and city council of Baltimore are hereby
empowered to levy and collect taxes upon every description of
property found within the corporate limits of said city, which
they are now authorized by law to levy taxes upon for the pur-
pose of defraying the expenses of the municipal government,
whether the owners thereof reside within or without the limits
of said corporation; provided, that no stocks, bonds, mortgages,
certificates or other evidences of indebtedness of any bank or
other corporation situated within the limits of said city, which
are owned or held by persons residing without such limits, shall
be subject to taxation for the purpose above set forth; and, pro-
vided further, that no authority is given by this act to impose
taxes on any property which is now or may hereafter be ex-
empted from taxation by any general or special act of the Gene-
ral Assembly of Maryland, nor upon any property which may
be stored or deposited in the city of Baltimore for temporary
purposes.

In force from March 20, 1865.
Chapter 180 enacts the following:

42. The premises now known as number twenty-eight north
Gay street, and the premises now known as number one hun-
dred and fifty-two west Fayette street, in the city of Baltimore,
the ground, buildings and appurtenances thereto belonging, the
property of The General Workingmen's Relief Society and The
General Workingmen's Sick Relief Union Charitable and Bene-
ficial Societies, are hereby exempted from taxation.

In force from March 24, 1865.

WESTERN MARYLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY.

Chapter 177 enacts the following, (II. Supplement, 67: )

WHEREAS, by a compact between the city of Baltimore and the
Western Maryland Railroad Company, the said city, in conside-