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by hand or steam or other motive power, machinery, manu-
facturing apparatus or engines, raw materials on hand, stock
in trade, bills receivable, and business credits of every kind,
which said personal property shall be actually employed or
used in the business of manufacturing in said city; provided
that such abatement shall be extended to all persons, firms
and corporations engaged in the branches of manufacturing
industry proposed to be benefited by any ordinance passed
under the provisions of this paragraph of this section. Any
taxes so abated shall be deducted from the taxes payable upon
the capital stock, taxable in said city, or manufacturing cor-
porations, incorporated under the laws of the State of Mary-
land and located in said city; but nothing herein contained
shall affect in any way the taxes that are now or may here-
after be payable by law to the State of Maryland or any of
the counties or municipalities of the State on the capital
stock of manufacturing corporations, incorporated under the
laws of this State and located in Baltimore City. It shall
be the duty of the Appeal Tax Court to make such abate-
ment of taxes, levied as aforesaid, as may be authorized and
directed by ordinance, as aforesaid. Said court shall further
keep a record of all abatements made by it as aforesaid and
report in writing the aggregate amount thereof to the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore on or before the fifteenth day of
October in each year, and provided further that laundry ma-
chinery when employed or used in the business of laundering
shall be classed as manufacturing within the purposes of this
sub-paragraph.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 4, 1943.

CHAPTER 519.
(House Bill 408)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 160
of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "Licenses", sub-title "Motor Vehicles", sub-head-
ing "Fees for Registration of Motor Vehicles", as said section
was amended by Chapters 185 and 211 of the Acts of 1941,
including Ridgely, Denton and Greensboro within the pro-
visions of said section.