960                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 381

tions shall be inoperative, null and void, without the necessity
of proceedings of any kind either at law or in equity.

(b)    The Secretary of State is directed to send copies of each
of the said proclamations of the Governor to the Comptroller,,
to the Treasurer and to the State Tax Commission. The Comp-
troller, Treasurer and State Tax Commission shall note upon
their respective records the facts of the repeal, annulment and
forfeiture of the charters of all corporations whose charters have
been repealed, annulled or forfeited as aforesaid, and the re-
vival of those which have been revived as provided by Section
1443/2 of this Article. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller, at
the time he certifies said corporations to the. Governor as afore-
said, also to mail to each corporation so certified, at its address or
office as the same appears upon his books, a notice that its char-
ter will be repealed, annulled and forfeited, under the provisions
of this section unless all taxes, interest and penalties so due by
it are paid as aforesaid, it being the intention hereof that the
mailing of such notice shall be sufficient, and that the failure
for any reason of any such corporation to receive the notice so
mailed to it, shall in no wise affect the repeal, annulment and
forfeiture of its charter, in accordance with this section.

(c)    "Whenever it is established to the satisfaction of the Gov-
ernor that any corporation named in said proclamation has not
neglected or refused to pay said tax for two consecutive years,
or has been mistakenly reported to the Governor by the Comp-
troller as refusing or neglecting to pay such taxes as aforesaid,
the Governor is authorized to correct such mistake and to make
the same known by filing his proclamation to that effect in the
office of the Secretary of State who shall send a copy thereof
to the Comptroller, to the Treasurer and to the State Tax Com-
mission. The effect of such proclamation shall be to restore to
said corporation its charter with the same force and effect and
to all intents and purposes as if said charter had at all times
remained in full force and effect.

(d)     Nothing in this section shall be held or construed to
repeal, supersede or in any manner affect any remedy or pro-
vision of law for the -collection of any and all taxes, and the
interest and penalties due thereon.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new section be
added to Article 81 of the 1929 Supplement to the Annotated
Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, entitled "Rev-
enue and Taxes, " sub-title "Forfeiture of Corporate Charters
for Non-Payment of Taxes, '' the said new section to follow im-
mediately after Section 144, to be known as Section 114 1/2, and.
to read as follows: