ART. 81] MODE AND MEASURE OF ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION. 571

of them, of article eighty-one of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Revenue and Taxes, " as the same existed on the said
30th day of March, 1896, and wherever the words "City Court
of Baltimore" occur in this article they shall be construed to
mean the Baltimore City Court.

1896, ch. 142.

197. The lists provided to be furnished in the preceding sec
tions of this article by the taxpayer to the assessors and by them
returned to the boards of control and review of Baltimore city
and the boards of county commissioners of the several counties
of this State, acting as boards of control and review, shall, by
the said assessors, and the said respective boards of control and
review be safely kept and the same shall not be disclosed to any
person other than a tax or assessment official; nor shall any
copies be permitted to be made, unless in case of an appeal from
said assessment by the taxpayer or a revision thereof be ordered
by the proper judicial authorities as provided in this article.
And any assessor, member of a board of control and review, or
county commissioner acting as a member of a board of control
and review who shall violate this provision or permit the same
to be violated shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
indictment and conviction shall be fined not less than fifty nor
more than five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court;
provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit the clerks of
the county commissioners of the several counties, and clerks of
the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore city from giving the assess-
ment and valuation of real estate to parties having the right to
demand the same.

1896, ch. 140.

198. The provisions of this article shall not apply to the shares
of homestead or building associations incorporated under the
laws of the State and doing business solely therein, to the extent
that such shares represent investments in mortgages on real or
leasehold estates located wholly within this State, and executed
by members of such homestead or building associations.