Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                  1449

The privilege of registering as a farm truck shall be available only

to Class E motor vehicles with a chassis weight of more than ¾ ton

and not exceeding 5,000 pounds, as enumerated hereinabove. Except
as particularly provided otherwise, the provisions of law as to Class E,

pneumatic tire motor vehicles in general shall apply also to Class E,

pneumatic tire farm trucks.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 15, 1957.

CHAPTER 784
(House Bill 569)

AN ACT to add a new section to the Code of Public Local Laws of
Prince George's County (1953 Edition, being Article 17 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince George's
County", sub-title "County Commissioners", said new section to be
known as 464C to follow immediately after Section 464B of said
Code, as said Section 464B was enacted by Chapter 644 of the Acts
of 1955, to be under a new sub-heading "Transfer Tax", imposing,
and providing for the payment of, a County tax in Prince George's
County on the amount of the consideration for the transfer of
real property, or on AN interest therein, by a written instrument
offered for record and recorded in said county.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section be and is hereby added to the Code of Public
Local Laws of Prince George's County (1953 Edition, being Article
17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince
George's County", sub-title "County Commissioners", said new sec-
tion to be known as Section 464C to follow immediately after Section
464B of said Code, as said Section 464B was enacted by Chapter 644
of the Acts of 1955, to be under a new sub-heading "Transfer Tax",
and to read as follows:

Transfer Tax

464C. (a) A tax is hereby imposed at the rate of one half ONE-
FIFTH of one per centum of the actual consideration paid or to be
paid under every instrument of writing conveying title to real prop-
erty, or any interest therein, in Prince George's County, offered for
record and recorded in said County, provided that conveyances to the
State or any agency thereof or any political sub-division of the State,
shall not be subject to the tax imposed by this section. The term
"Instrument of Writing'⁹ shall include deeds, mortgages, deeds of
trust, leases, contracts and agreements, but shall not include purchase
money mortgages, PURCHASE MONEY DEED OF TRUST, assign-

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.