HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 423

Commission, or required by the Public General Laws of Mary-
land; and, in making any such general re-assessment, the 8tate
Tax Commission is hereby authorized to have the same con-
ducted in Anne Arundel County by the Assessing Department
of said County, as hereinbefore constituted. And it shall be
the duty of the Chief Assessor or his assistant or clerk, within
thirty days next succeeding any return of the Chief Assessor,
to notify the person or corporation newly assessed or re-
assessed, if his, her or its postoffice be known to him, of such
new or additional assessments, and in the notice shall be
contained a statement of the items of property and the valua-
tion thereof, and said notice shall be sent by registered mail
by the said Clerk to the person or corporation assessed, if his,
her or its postoffice address be known to, or can be ascertained
by, said Clerk by reasonable inquiry. And on the day named
in the said notice, it shall be the duty of said Chief Assessor
to be present to hear any complaint that may be submitted,
and to support the assessment previously made by him, the
proceedings in connection with the said complaint to be as
now prescribed by the laws on said subject. For carrying out
the provisions of this section, the said Chief Assessor shall
have power to appoint such competent assistant or asso-
ciates, to be approved by the County Commissioners, as the
work of his department may require, provided that the total
compensation and expense thereof shall be limited as follows:
One assistant or associate assessor at a salary not exceeding
Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1, 200. 00) a year, and one clerk
at a salary not exceeding Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1, 200. 00)
a year, whose duties shall also include such services in con-
nection with the issuing of building permits as the County
Commissioners may prescribe. The Chief Assessor shall re-
ceive the annual salary now allowed him by law, in addition
to which the County Commissioners shall also include such
services in connection with the issuing of building permits as
the County Commissioners may prescribe. The Chief Assessor
shall receive the annual salary now allowed him by law, in
addition to which the County Commissioners shall allow a
fee or commission, not exceeding $1. 50 per thousand dollars
on fill assessments of new or missed property, the said com-
mission or fee to be paid to the said Chief Assessor and his
assistant or associates in such equitable proportions as the
said County Commissioners shall by regulation prescribe,
which payment shall cover, also, all incidental expenses what-
soever in connection with the said assessing department.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
of Acts, general or local, inconsistent with the provisions of