ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                1253

or other suitable day marker, readily discernible to indicate the
opening between nets. The name of the owner and the license
number of each pound net shall be displayed in black letters
not less than two inches in height upon a white background on
a stake at the outer end of the pound, at such height and in such
position that it may be readily seen from adjacent navigable
channels; nor to set, place or construct any pound nets or other
stake nets in or upon the waters covering leased oyster ground
without the permission of the lessee of such ground; nor to haul
seine in the waters covering leased oyster ground when stakes
or other markers as required by law are placed to designate the
location of such leased ground, except by permission of the
lessee.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of
laws of the State of Maryland, general or local, inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1931.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 500.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 48
of Article 81 of the 1929 Supplement to the Annotated Code
of the Public General Laws of Maryland, entitled "Revenue

, and Taxes, " sub-title "When Taxes Are Payable, " fixing
the date of maturity of State taxes levied upon assessments
made by the State Tax Commission, and regulating the pay-
merit of interest and penalties upon such taxes in arrears.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 48 of Article 81 of the 1929 Supplement to
the Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland,
entitled "Revenue and Taxes, " sub-title "When Taxes Are
Payable, " be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments so as to read as follows:

48 (a). All ordinary county and/or city taxes levied upon
assessments made by the county commissioners or by the assess-
ing authority of any city shall be due and payable at the times
and in the manner and subject to the same discounts, interest
and penalties as now prescribed by local law or ordinance.