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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

mediately transmit, by mail or otherwise,
copies of the same to the other Commissioners,

Duty.

and all information received by him upon
said subjects he shall immediately communi-
cate to them; he shall have access to the Tax
Departments of this State and the counties
and cities thereof, and all public officers shall
give him all needed information; he shall con-
duct the correspondence of the said Commis-
sion, do all the clerical work thereof, and under
its direction prepare its reports, and he shall
be at all times in readiness to perform any work
which the Commission may direct.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That said Commis-
sion shall present to the next General Assem-
bly a full, detailed and accurate report of all

Make report.

the matters and facts which they are by this act
required to inquire into, ascertain and consider,
together with their recommendations, it being
hereby declared that the principal object of
this act is to provide complete and accurate
information for the use of the next General
Assembly.

Summon wit-
nesses.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
mission shall have authority to summon
and examine witnesses, and require the pro-
duction of books and papers.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted That the
sum of twenty-five hundred dollars a year, for

Appropriation.

two years, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be and the same is hereby appropriated
to pay the salary of said Secretary, and the
expenses of the commission.

Effective.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted. That this
act shall take effect from the date of its pas-
sage.

Approved April 7, 1886.