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contract or obligation of any kind whatsoever, existing at the
date of the passage of this Act, or to affect or to apply to any
pending civil suit, action or proceeding, or to any pending
prosecution for a crime or misdemeanor, or to prevent the
prosecution and punishment of any offense already committed,
or that may be hereafter committed against the provisions, or
any of them of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Revenue
and Taxes," as the same existed prior to the passage of this
Act

SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That lists provided to be fur-
nished in the preceding sections of this Article by the taxpayer
to the assessors, and by them returned to the Boards of County
Commissioners of the several counties of this State, acting as
boards of control and review, shall, by the said assessors and
the said respective boards of control and review, be safely kept
and the same shall not be disclosed to any person other than a
tax or assessment official; nor shall any copies be permitted
to be made, unless in case of an appeal from said assessment
by the taxpayer, or a revision thereof be ordered by the proper
judicial authorities as provided in this Article. And any as-
sessor, member of a board of control and review, or County
Commissioner acting as a member of a board of control and
review, who shall violate this provision or permit the same to
be violated, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
indictment and conviction shall be fined not less than fifty nor
more than five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Court;
provided, that nothing in this section shall prohibit the clerks
to the County Commissioners of the several counties from giv-
ing the assessment and valuation of real estate to parties hav-
ing the right to demand the same.

SEC. 31. And be it further enacted. That all Public General
Laws and Local Laws now relating to revenue and taxes, or to
the assessment or re-assessment of property for purposes there-
of, not inconsistent with this Act or any of the provisions
thereof, shall remain in full force, virtue and effect notwith-
standing this Act; and in so far as this Act may be applicable
after the special general assessment in the counties of the
State to any part of the State, in addition to the Public Gen-
eral and Local Laws, entitled "Revenue and Taxes," now in
force, the said provisions of this Act so applicable in the future
shall remain in force.

SEC. 32. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this
Act, or any provision thereof, shall be taken or construed to
repeal or affect in any manner any of the sections or provisions
of the Code of Public General Laws of this State or any act or
law whatsoever, general or local, relating or applicable in any