630 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 226

(8) Buildings, equipment and furniture of hospitals, asy-
lums, charitable or benevolent institutions and the ground
not exceeding forty acres in area appurtenant thereto, and
necessary for the respective uses thereof.

(9) Buildings, furniture, equipment and libraries of incor-
porated educational or literary institutions and the ground,

not exceeding (outside of any city) forty acres in area, appur-
tenant thereto, and necessary for the respective uses thereof.

(10) Crops or produce of any land in the hands of the
producer or his agent.

(11) Provisions and food kept for the use and consump-
tion of the family of the person to whom such provisions
and food shall belong.

(12) Five hundred dollars in value of the fanning imple-
ments of any farmer.

(13) Wearing apparel of any description, except diamonds
and other costly jewelry not habitually worn on the person.

(14) Fish while in the possession of fishermen employed
in catching, salting and packing the same, or while in the pos-
session of their agents unsold.

(15) Personal property, tangible and intangible, of any do-
mestic corporation having a capital stock divided into shares,
or of any national bank located in this State, if the shares of
stock of such corporation are subject to taxation under the laws
of this State.

(16) Shares of stock in domestic railroad companies, which
are subject to taxation upon their gross receipts within this
State; and (from State taxes only) the real and personal prop-
erty of such railroad companies.

(17) Shares of stock in domestic building and homestead
associations, to the extent that such shares represent invest-
ments in cash, fixtures, loans on hypothecated stock of such
association, judgments or decrees of courts of this State, mort-
gages on real estate situated in this State, and bonds of the
United States and the State of Maryland.

(18) Five hundred dollars ($500) in value of household
furniture and effects in this State held for the household use