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against it and for all taxes that may be levied against said
person and all such taxes shall be a lien on said real and
persona] property, and shall, as a lien, have priority over
the other adverse liens, claims, rights, title and interests
of whosoever may have said property in charge or possession.
Such tax shall not exceed thirty cents on one hundred dollars
of taxable property for any one year.

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

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 372

(House Bill 468)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 26 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Courts", sub-title
"Circuit Courts for the Counties", to be known as Section
42A and to follow immediately after Section 42, relating to
refund of collateral when a case is stetted.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Courts", sub-title "Circuit Courts for the Counties", to be
known as Section 42A, to follow immediately after Section 42
of said Article, and to read as follows:

42A. When a criminal case is stetted (1) the defendant shall
be entitled to a refund of any collateral put up by him for bail
or recognizance, (2) any other person who has furnished col-
lateral shall likewise be entitled to refund, and (3) if any
bond or other security has been furnished, such bond or
security shall be discharged, except that in any case in which
such collateral, bail, bond or recognizance shall have been
declared forfeited by the Court, no defendant, nor other per-
son furnishing such collateral, bail, bond or recognizance shall
be entitled to a refund nor to be discharged from such obliga-
tion.

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

Approved April 22, 1949.