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NOT TO EXCEED five years, Such penalty shall be in
addition to any penalty that may be provided by the House
of Delegates for such offense.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 28, 1952.

CHAPTER 49
(House Bill 21)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-
section 230 (8) (a) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition—being Section 175 in the
1947 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-title
"General Provisions," sub-heading "State Tax Commis-
sion," relating to the assessment of property in this
State until January 1, 1954.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sub-section 230 (8) (a) of Article 81 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition—being
Section 175 in the 1947 Supplement), title "Revenue and
Taxes," sub-title "General Provisions," sub-heading "State
Tax Commission," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

230 (8).

(a). To continue the present rotational system of re-
assessing properties once in every five years by districts
or classes [until the completion of the present five year
cycle, or] until January 1, 1954, [whichever shall first
occur]; provided, however, that either the Commission, or

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