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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

That the following section be added to article four, of the Code

To amend.

of Public Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Taxes,"

to be known as " Section eight hundred and forty-one A."

841 A. The collector of taxes in Baltimore city shall not be

required to distrain for any taxes assessed or levied upon real

estate or personal property, but as soon as practicable, after the

first day of January in every year, he shall cause a copy of each

bill for taxes upon real estate or personal property, for the preced-

ing year remaining unpaid, to be made oat and delivered to the

person by whom such taxes are to be paid, or one of them if more

than one, or at his, her or their last known residence, or to his,

her, or their agent, or left upon the premises with a notice thereon,

that unless the taxes so due are paid within thirty days thereafter,

To collect

five per cent, of the gross amount thereof will be added to the

taxes.

bill, and at the expiration of thirty days from the delivery of

such bill and notice, if the same be not then paid five per centum

of the gross amount thereof shall be added thereto as a penalty

and collected in the same manner as the bill itself; said penalty

shall be applied by the collector for the use of the bailiffs in his

department, and shall be in lieu of their fees, commissions and

costs as heretofore charged; which said fees, commissions and

costs are hereby declared valid and collectible, in all cases where

the same have already occurred in accordance with the schedule

established by the appeal tax court, and the usage now prevailing

in the tax department of the city of Baltimore.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 27, 1890.

CHAPTER 206.

AN ACT to add a new section to article twenty-seven, of the Code

of Public General Laws, title " Crimes and Punishments,"

sub-title, " Gaming," prohibiting book-making, pool-selling or

gambling on races, cocking-mains and contests of any kind, to

come in after section one hundred and twenty-four, and to be

designated as " Section one hundred and twenty-four A."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That the following new section be and the same is hereby added

To add.

to article twenty-seven, of the Code of Public General Laws, title

" Crimes and Punishments," sub-title " Gaming," to come in after

section one hundred and twenty-four, and to be designated as

" Section one hundred and twenty-four A."