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safety and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each
of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 28_? 1952.

CHAPTER 34
(Senate Bill 58)

AN ACT to add two new sub-sections to Section 2 of
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Rules of
Construction", to be known as sub-sections (22) and
(23), respectively, and to follow immediately after sub-
section (21) of said Section 2; to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments,

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SECTION WAS
AMENDED by Chapter 616 of the Laws of 1951; to
repeal and re-enact, with amendments, paragraph (b)
of sub-section 8 of Section 175 of said Article and Title,
sub-title "State Tax Commission", as said paragraph
was enacted by Chapter 616 of the Laws of 1951; defin-
ing the words "assessment" and "appraisal", and clari-
fying and altering the method by which assessments
are to be made.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That two new sub-sections be and they are hereby added
to Section 2 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1939 Edition), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title
"Rules of Construction", said new sub-sections to follow
immediately after sub-section (21) of said Section and to
be known as sub-sections (22) and (23), respectively, and
to be read as follows:

2.

(22) When used in connection with direct taxes, the
word "assessment" shall mean the valuation assigned to
property for purposes of a tax levy.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.