ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 959

plats Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, and recorded among the plat records
of Baltimore County in Plat Book J. W. S. L. No. 2, folio
379, J. W. S. No. 3, folio 2, J. W. S. No. 3, folio 34, and
J. W. S. No. 3, folio 50, respectively, including also the land
immediately east of the said Baltimore Highlands development,
extending from the W., B. & A. Railroad to the Patapsco
River, and including also the property west and south of said
development, and extending from Maple Avenue on the north
to Oak Road and Hickory Road on the west and to the Patapsco
River on the south.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from June 1st, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 427.

AN ACT to provide for the appointment by the Governor of an
unpaid Commission to revise the revenue and tax laws of
Maryland and defining its powers and duties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That within sixty days after the passage of this Act, the
Governor shall appoint five persons who shall constitute a Com-
mission to be called "The Tax Revision Commission." The
said Commission shall serve without pay and not more than
three of them shall be members of the same political party. The
Governor may at any time remove any of the said Commission
for neglect of duty or misconduct in office.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said Commission to investi-

gate thoroughly the systems of the State, county and municipal
taxation in force in this State, including direct and indirect
taxation, licenses, taxes, valuations and assessments and col-
lections, and all other matters pertaining: to the subject of reve-
nue and taxation, and they shall especially inquire into and
ascertain the practical operation and effect of said systems in
the raising; of adequate revenues, and how far the same work
inequality, hardships or injustice and the cause thereof and how
far, if at all, taxes or other public charges are unduly burden-
some to the people of the State.

They shall also inquire into the systems of the State, county
and municipal taxation in force in other states, especially in all