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(3) A duly certified copy of any of the aforegoing
instruments from the records of the State Tax Commis-
sion or the Clerk of the Circuit or Superior Court shall
be evidenced of the existence of the corporation and of
its right to exercise the powers therein mentioned, or
of the amendment or amendments provided therein, as
the case may be. The recording by the State Tax Com-
mission of any such instrument shall be conclusive evi-
dence of the payment of the recording fee required by
law to be paid to it, except in a direct proceeding by the
State.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 291A
of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947
Supp. ) be and the same is hereby re-numbered as Sec-
tion 29IB and repealed and re-enacted with amendments
to read as follows:

291B. In order to carry out the purpose and spirit of
Sections 33 and 48 of Article III of the Constitution of
Maryland and in order to prevent the enactment of spe-
cial laws, amending the charters of religious corpora-
tions heretofore incorporated by the special Act, no
bill shall hereafter be introduced at the General Assembly
of Maryland for the purpose of amending the charter of
any such religious corporation. Every such corporation,
desiring to amend or change its charter, shall adopt articles
of amendment and deliver the same for record to the State
Tax Commission in accordance with the provisions of Sec-
tions 283 or 289, and 291A of this Article.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 279

(Senate Bill 420)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
149 of Article 10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Dorchester County, "
sub-title "County Commissioners and Treasurer, " sub-
heading "Board of Estimates, " as said section was
amended by Chapter 730 of the Acts of 1943, providing
for the inclusion in appropriations a levy each year of a
working fund.