16 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 7

legalized and made evidence of the Public General Laws enacted
following 1957 and up to and including the 1960 Regular Session of
the General Assembly of Maryland. It shall be deemed and taken as
such in all of the Courts of this State and by all Justices of the
Peace, Trial Magistrates, and all other public officials of the State
and of its political sub-divisions.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1960.

Approved March 1, 1960.

CHAPTER 7
(Senate Bill 30)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 318 of
Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1959 Supplement),
title "Governor—Executive and Administrative Departments",
sub-title "Maryland Tax Court and State Department of Assess-
ments and Taxation", correcting an error in the law relating to the
jurisdiction of the Maryland Tax Court.

WHEREAS, in Chapter 757 of the Acts of 1959, in the law relating
to the jurisdiction of the Maryland Tax Court, there is a reference to
"any final assessing of taxing authority", and

WHEREAS, this reference clearly was intended to mean "any final
assessing or taxing authority" and should be changed for clarity;
now, therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 318 of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1959 Supplement), title "Governor—Executive and Administrative
Departments", sub-title "Maryland Tax Court and State Department
of Assessments and Taxation", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as follows:

318. Separate department of State government; subdivisions.

The Maryland Tax Court and State Department of Assessments
and Taxation, constituted and organized as provided by law, shall
be a separate department of the State government, and consist of the
following subdivisions, which shall be independent of each other:

(1) Maryland Tax Court. —On and after July 1, 1959, the Mary-
land Tax Court shall have jurisdiction to hear appeals from the de-
cision, determination, or order of any final assessing [of] or tax-
ing authority of the State, or of any agency, department, or political
subdivision thereof, with respect to the valuation, assessment, or

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.