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Section 102. All County taxes levied by the County Com-
missioners shall be due and payable on the first day of the
month following that in which they are levied; and all persons
and corporations that shall pay their County taxes prior to the
first day of July following such levy shall be entitled to a de-
duction of five per centum on the amount of said taxes; on all
County taxes paid during the month of July, a discount of four
per centum shall be made; on all County taxes paid during the
month of August, a discount of three per centum shall be made;
all County taxes remaining unpaid after the expiration, of the
month of August shall bear interest from the first day of -Sep-
tember; but all taxes paid during the months of September,
October, November and December of the year of the levy of
said taxes shall have the interest thereon remitted, but if paid
on or after the first day of January following their levy the
full amount of interest dating from the first day of September
following their levy shall be charged and collected and placed
to the credit of the County, as well as the principal of the taxes
thus received; and the books of the Collector shall be so kept as
to show the amount assessed to each individual, the date of the
payment thereof, and the amount received with interest.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 113.

AN ACT to regulate the sale of vegetables and fruit seed for
planting purposes,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, It shall not be lawful for any corporation, co-partner-
ship or individual, engaged in the canning or preserving of
any fruit or vegetables, to sell or otherwise dispose of the
seed of any fruit or vegetables obtained in the canning or pre-
serving of any fruit or vegetables to any dealer in garden seed
or other person under circumstances where the same may be
resold for the purpose of planting or propagation, unless said
corporation, co-partnership or individual shall, sell said seed
under an absolute guarantee as to purity and germinating prop-
erties.