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or more counties or Baltimore City may be responsible for such
charge.

564. Each of the chronic hospitals shall have a Board of Visitors
consisting of one member of the Board of County Commissioners for
each County and the Director of the Department of Welfare of Balti-
more City in the area served by such institution, said member to be
selected by said Board of County Commissioners. The Board of Visi-
tors shall make periodic visits to the institution and make sugges-
tions to the State Board of Health concerning the conduct and main-
tenance of the chronic hospitals.

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

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 476

(Senate Bill 423)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 274 of
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition and
1956 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "Recorda-
tion Tax", providing that it shall be unlawful to affix revenue
stamps to any instrument requiring recordation, evidencing a
greater or lesser tax paid than the tax prescribed by law.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 274 of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition and 1956 Supplement) title "Revenue and Taxes",
sub-title "Recordation Tax", be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enactment, with amendments, to read as follows:

274. No instrument subject to the tax imposed by this sub-title,
shall be received for record by any Clerk of the Court unless and
until a stamp is affixed to said instrument and canceled. The Comp-
troller shall apply to the Clerks of the Circuit Courts of the respec-
tive Counties or the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
stamps to evidence the payment of said tax, for sale to persons of-
fering such instruments for record, under such rules and regulations
as the Comptroller may prescribe. The proceeds from the sale of
said stamps, together with the recordation charges herein provided,
shall be accounted for and paid over to the county commissioners of
the county or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in which the
tax is collected; provided, however, that the revenue produced from
the recordation of instruments conveying title to or creating liens
or encumbrances upon real or personal property which is situated
in two or more counties or in the City of Baltimore and one or more
counties shall be accounted for and paid to the Comptroller for the
general funds of the State.

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.