558 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 306

in August, 1933, instead of the second Monday in May;
2. As to said six months' period, for holding the tax sales in
pursuance of said notice, he may have until the second
Monday in October, 1933, instead of the second Monday in
June; 3. And for his final settlement for taxes for said
six months' period, 'he may have until the thirty-first day
of December, 1933, instead of the first day of June. 4. As
to all taxes due and payable for the years 1932 and 1933,
the treasurer may have the following extension of time
limits, namely: A. For publishing the list and notice of de-
linquent taxpayers he may have until the second Monday
in May, 1935; B. For holding the tax sales in pursuance of
said note, he may have until the second Monday in June,
1935; C. And for his final settlement, until the first day of
October, 1935. Provided, that on all tax bills for the year
1932, interest shall be added at the rate of two per cent
per annum from October 1, 1933, until paid, and on all
taxes for the year 1933, interest at the rate of two per cent
per annum shall be added from October 1, 1984, until paid,
this rate to bo in addition to the interest of 6% prescribed
in Chapter 280 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1931. Provided, further, that, in order to
facilitate the operations of the treasurer in the collecting
of taxes in default for any year or years, or portions
thereof, prior to July 1, 1931, he is authorized and empow-
ered to follow the procedure prescribed in the laws in effect
prior to the enactment and approval of Chapter 280 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1931, to all
intents and purposes, and to the same effect, as fully as
though said Act of 1931 had not been passed, it being the
particular intent and purpose of this section to deal only
with taxes from and after July 1, 1931.

497. All duties and functions of the treasurer and his
office, as heretofore prescribed in connection with the as-
sessing of property shall be transferred to the assessing
department of Anne Arundel County, and delegated to the
Chief Assessor and his associates or assistants, as pre-
scribed in this section and in the Public General Laws of
Maryland not inconsistent herewith.

The chief assessor for said County shall be the person
acting as the Supervisor of Assessments, appointed in pur-
suance of Article 81 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, or his successor, and he shall have such associ-
ates or assistants, at such compensation, as shall be named
by the County Commissioners, with the approval of the
State Tax Commission, subject to the limitations herein-