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the said corrected list returned to him by the said court, the
State tax imposed for the current year on such loans by the
Code of Public General Laws. He shall make such deductions
from the instalments of interest payable from time to time on
said city stock, and he shall, as soon as practicable after the
first day of September in each year, pay over such State tax to
the State Comptroller.

154. If the City Register shall, at any time, fail to make out
and deliver to the said court the list of holders of said stock
loans, as herein required, it shall be the duty of the said court
to ascertain in such manner as they may deem most accurate,
the amount of said stock loans of the city of Baltimore out-
standing on the first day of each and every month in which the
interest on said city stock is payable in the year in which such
failure, or refusal, shall take place, and on or before the first
day of September in said year, make and deliver one copy of
a statement certified by them, showing the amount of said
stock so ascertained by them, and its assessed value to the City
Register, and one copy thereof to the State Comptroller; and
the City Register shall thereupon pay the tax aforesaid, which
he is in section 153 of this article directed to deduct from the
interest payable on said loans, but the City Register shall not
be required to set apart and pay over the said tax on any part
of said stock loans which he may satisfy the State Comptroller
by a certificate to that effect, signed by the said court, or by
other satisfactory evidence was held on the first day of the
month in which the interest on said city stock was payable in
the year for which the tax may become due by any person enti-
tled under the laws of this State to hold the same free from
taxation.

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

Approved March 30, 1908.

CHAPTER 167.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments section 170
of article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore," of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 170 of article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore,"
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

170. Any person or persons, or corporation, assessed for real
or personal property in the city of Baltimore and claiming to