816 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 277

lic General Laws of Maryland, entitled "Revenue and Taxes, "
as said Article was enacted by an Act entitled "An Act to re-
codify and revise the revenue and tax laws of Maryland, "
passed at this present session of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, so as to read as follows:

(3) All domestic and foreign telephone and oil pipe line
companies and title insurance companies doing business in this
State at the rate of two per centum (2%); provided, however,
that the gross receipts tax payable in the year 1932 and in sub-
sequent years by title insurance companies shall be computed
and paid at the rate of two per centum (2%) with respect only
to their receipts derived from the business of insurance or
guaranty, without any deductions or credits of any kind what-
soever.

Approved April 2, 1929.

CHAPTER 277.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 78 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Purchasing Bu-
reau, " to be known as Section 6A and to follow immediately
after Section 6 of said Article, requiring that no low vola-
tile bituminous coal mined elsewhere than in Maryland shall
bet purchased, contracted for or used by any State insti-
tution or department.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 78 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition),
title "Purchasing Bureau, " to be known as Section 6A, to fol-
low immediately after Section 6 of said Article and to read
as follows:

6A. Low volatile bituminous coal and other products manu-
factured or produced in Maryland shall be purchased for all
State institution and departments, except when in the judg-
ment of the Central Purchasing Bureau such purchases would
operate to the disadvantage of the State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929.