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ticle by the State licensing board, the final certificate and license-
of the said board being withheld until the diploma of the proper
medical college, with the candidate's name inscribed, be pro-
duced to the secretary of the board. Diplomas presented by
graduates of foreign colleges may be accepted if the standards
of such foreign colleges were, when such diploma was issued,
equivalent to the standard defined by the Association of Ameri-
can Medical Colleges or the Intercollegiate Committee of the
American Institute of Homeopathy, respectively.

SEC. 2. And it is further enacted. That all criminal proceed-
ings pending or which may be hereafter instituted for offenses
already committed shall be instituted, proceeded with and prose-
cuted to final determination and judgment as if this Act had
not been passed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 13th, 1914.

CHAPTER 659.

AN ACT to add an additional Section to Article 11 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Frederick County,"
sub-title "County Commissioners," to be known as Section
82 A, providing when County taxes shall become due and the
penalties for non-payment when over due.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new Section be and the same is hereby added to
Article 11 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title,
"Frederick County," sub-title "County Commissioners," to be
known as Section 82 A, providing when County taxes shall be-
come due and the penalties for non-payment when over due, and
to read as follows:

SEC. 82 A. All county taxes shall be due as soon as they are
levied, and if not paid on or before the first day of September
of the year in which they are levied shall bear interest from
that date until paid at the rate of six per centum per annum,