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to the court that such person is the proper person to
receive such monies and is the person whom the Collector
was not able to identify or locate, the court by order shall
direct the county or city to repay said monies to such
person, without interest.

(e) Upon receiving any such order, the county or city
shall provide for the re-payment of such monies, from its
general funds. No such order for re-payment may be
directed to the said county or city after the expiration of
such further seven-year period.

(f) The provisions of this section shall apply to all
such monies now in the hands of the Collector as the
result of tax sales prior to June 1, 1949, as well as such
monies received subsequent thereto.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 29, 1949.

CHAPTER 439

(Senate Bill 179)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
47 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Public Education, " sub-title
"Chapter 4. County Board of Education, " relating to the
land for which a county board of education may insti-
tute proceedings in condemnation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 47 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Public Education, " sub-
title "Chapter 4. County Board of Education, " be and it
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

47. When land shall be required for the site of a school-
house, or for enlarging a school-house lot, or for play-
grounds or other school purposes, and the county board of
education shall for any cause be unable to contract with the
owner or owners thereof upon what they deem to be a fair
valuation thereof, the county board of education may insti-
tute proceedings for the acquisition of such lands, in ac-
cordance with Article 33A of the Annotated Code; but