LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, G-OVERNOR.

paid by him to the State Treasurer, on or before the fifteenth day
of October of the year in which said taxes were due and
demandable, be allowed a deduction of five per centum ; on
all sums paid by him on or before the fifteenth day of Novem-
ber of the said year, a deduction of four per centum ; and on
all sums paid by him on or before the fifteenth day of
December of the said year, a deduction of three per centum,
which deduction shall in each case be noted by the treasurer
upon the receipt given to the saicl collector, which deductions
shall be made from the gross amount of the State taxes placed
for collection in the hands of said collector, and shall not be
in addition to those made in favor of the taxpayers.
146 E — 1. The clerk to the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore
City and the clerk to the County Commissioners of each

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county in this State shall annually transmit to the Comptroller
of the Treasury, within thirty days after the close of each col-
lection year, to wit, on or before the thirtieth day of Septem-
ber of each and every year, a return of the total amount of
such tax belonging to the State, viz: one- fourth of eight per
centum upon the gross amount of interest covenanted to be
paid upon said mortgages in each county and in the city of
Baltimore, showing the amount thereof, and the amount placed
in the hands of each collector of such county or city ; and for
neglecting or refusing to perform this duty, the clerk or clerks
so neglecting or refusing shall be liable to prosecution, and on
conviction thereof shall be fined tive hundred dollars for each
and every offense.

Returns to be
made.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 314.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 23, 25, 29, 41 and 44 of Article .
48 of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Inspections,"
sub-title "Tobacco," and to add a new Section to said Arti-
cle, to be designated as Section 51.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Article 48 of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Inspections," sub-title
"Tobacco," as said sections were severally amended by chapter
262 of the Acts of 1890, chapter 41 of the Acts of 1892,

Effective.