208                              Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 81

made and the said tax or taxes shall not be collected in any year
if before January 1, 1957, and before the beginning of each year
thereafter the Board of Public Works shall ascertain as a fact upon a
certified statement rendered to such Board by the State Comptroller
that all payment of principal and interest on the certificates issued
pursuant to the terms of this Act have been met during the current
year from the payments received from each of the counties and the
City of Baltimore, as more particularly provided in Section 5 of
this Act. Upon the ascertainment of such fact by the Board of
Public Works, the Governor shall, by proclamation issued pursuant
to a resolution of the Board of Public Works, publicly declare that
the State taxes provided for in this Section shall not be collected
or levied in any such succeeding year.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all matters committed
by this Act to the discretion of the Board of Public Works shall
be determined by a majority of said Board.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1956.

Approved March 8, 1956.

CHAPTER 81
(House Bill 4)

AN ACT to repeal Section 22 of Article 1A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Aeronautics", sub-title "General
Provisions", and to enact in lieu thereof a new Section 22, to stand
in the place and stead of the section so repealed; to repeal and re-
enact, with amendments, Sections 23, 34 and 35 of said Article
and sub-title; to add Section 8 (41) to Article 81 of said Code (1951
Edition and 1955 Supplement) title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title
"What Shall Be Taxed and Where", said new section to follow im-
mediately after Section 8 (40) thereof, exempting aircraft from
the personal property tax, requiring the annual registration of air-
men and aircraft, providing fees therefor in substitution for the
personal property tax herein mentioned and method of payment,
providing for the payment of all registration and licensing fees
heretofore provided for into the State Aviation Fund, to be used for
operations of the State Aviation Commission, and relating generally
to the State Aviation Fund and the aeronautical laws of the State
of Maryland.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That Section 22 of Article 1A of the Annotated Code of Maryland

(1951 Edition), title "Aeronautics", sub-title "General Provisions",

be and it is hereby repealed, and that new Section 22 be and it is

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.