EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 643

Avenue and Laufens Street in Baltimore City, and the person
having the greatest number of votes among the trustees assem-
bled for the purpose shall be declared as duly elected.

Approved April 18th', 1918.

CHAPTER 261.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 48
of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
"Revenue and Taxes," sub-title "Collectors and Collec-
tions," as the same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter
630 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1916.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 48 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-title "Collectors
and Collections," as the same was repealed and re-enacted by
Chapter 630 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1916, be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments so as to read as follows:

Section 48. The State taxes levied in pursuance of Section
twenty-eight of this Article, and all taxes due from incorpor-
ated institutions of this State, shall be due and payable on and
after the first day of July in the year in which they are levied.
On taxes which are not paid before the first day of October
in said year interest of one-half of one per cent shall be
charged if paid at any time during said month of October,
and interest of one-half of one per cent, shall be charged for
each additional month or fraction thereof that such taxes re-
main unpaid. It shall be the duty of the collectors or County
Treasurer or other officers collecting said taxes to make monthly
returns and remittances to the Comptroller of the amounts
thereof collected from time to time; and his compensation for
services in the collection and remittance of said taxes shall be
the sum levied for that purpose by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore City and the County Commissioners of the
respective counties of this State, as provided in this Article.
Said returns and remittances to the Comptroller shall be made
not later than the 10th day of the month next succeeding the
date of collection. Said State taxes shall be in arrear on and
after the first day of January succeeding the date of levy, and
it shall be the duty of said collectors, treasurers and other offi-