1182 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 573

follow immediately after Section 167, to be known as Section
167A, and to read as follows:

SEC. 167A. Upon the assessed taxable value of the shares of
stock of every casualty, surety, guaranty or fidelity company,
organized under the laws of, located in and doing business in
this State, certified by the State Tax Commission to the Appeal
Tax Court of Baltimore City, and valued for purposes of taxa-
tion to the respective owners thereof, under the provisions of
Section 166, there shall be paid on such valuation one and one-
half per cent, (and no more) in all for all Baltimore City Taxa-
tions; and in the valuation of said stock and the computation
of said tax thereon, there shall be allowed all deductions and
credits now or hereafter allowed such corporations respectively
under the provisions of this Article.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein con-
tained shall affect the tax levy for 1927.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts
of laws inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby re-
pealed insofar as the same are inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act, but no further.

Approved April 26, 1927.

CHAPTER 573.

AN ACT to amend Article 10, of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester County, " sub-title
"Cambridge, " by repealing Section 42 thereof, as enacted
by Chapter 339, of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, 1900, and re-enacting in lieu thereof, with new
subject-matter, said Section 42, and adding new sub-sections
thereto, to be designated 42, sub-section 1, 42, sub-section 2,
42, sub-section 3, and 42, sub-section 4, respectively.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, that Section 42 of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title '' Dorchester County, '' sub-title "Cam-
bridge, '' as enacted by 'Chapter 339 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland, 1900, be, and the same is hereby re-
pealed, and that said Section 42 be re-enacted with new sub-
ject matter, in lieu of said Section 42 as enacted by said Chap-