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script of all testimony taken as provided in equity cases shall
be filed in the proceedings in which said notes were taken.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the first day of June, 1927.

Approved March 18, 1927.

CHAPTER 69.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 194
of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Washington County, " sub-title "Hagerstown, " as said
section was enacted by Chapter 257 of the Acts of 1914, pro-
viding for the exemption from assessment and taxation for
municipal purposes of farm buildings on farm land which is
so exempt.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 194 of Article 22 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County, " sub-title "Ha-
gerstown, " as said section was enacted by Chapter 257 of the
Acts of 1914, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments to read as follows:

194. All property within the limits of Hagerstown or which
may 'have a situs there by reason of the residence of the owner
therein shall be taxed for municipal purposes, and the assess-
ment for said purpose shall be the same as that for State and
County purposes; and in case any real estate assessed for State
and County purposes be divided by the City boundaries, the
Mayor and Council shall place a fair valuation upon that con-
tained within the city limits and make a just apportionment of
said assessment. Should any property liable to be taxed for
city purposes be omitted in the County assessment, the Mayor
and Council shall have power to include said property in the
City assessment and impose a just valuation thereon, provided,
however, that land located within the city limits and the farm
buildings thereon and used exclusively for agricultural purposes
shall be exempt from assessment and taxation for municipal
purposes; and, provided, further, however, that on all property
situated within the corporate limits of said city and without the
corporate limits of said city as defined by Section 111 of Chapter
58 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1884 being
the property in the area so annexed to said City, in the year