J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                          1155

of; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 13 (a) of
said Article 81, sub-title "By Whom Assessment Shall Be Made";
to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 29 of said Article
81, sub-title "Notice As To Assessments"; to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Sections 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of
said Article 81, sub-title "Assessors and Discovery of Taxable
Property", SECTION 43 THEREOF HAVING BEEN AMENDED
BY CHAPTER 22 OF THE ACTS OF 1959; to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Sections 45, 46 and 47 of said Article 81, sub-
title "Record of Assessments"; to repeal Sections 224-230, inclusive,
of said Article 81, sub-title "State Tax Commission", and to enact
new Sections 224-230, inclusive, in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the sections so repealed and to be under the new sub-title
"Maryland Tax Court"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments,
Section 231 of said Article 81, sub-title "State Tax Commission",
also placing this section under the new sub-title "Maryland Tax
Court"; to add new Sections 231A and 231B to said Article 81, to
follow immediately after Section 231 thereof and to be under the
new sub-title "State Department of Assessments and Taxation"; to
repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 232 of said Article
81, sub-title "State Tax Commission", SECTION 232 (3) THERE-
OF HAVING BEEN AMENDED BY CHAPTER 240 (H. B. 281)
OF THE ACTS OF 1959, with said section also to be under the new
sub-title "State Department of Assessments and Taxation"; to add
a new Section 247A to said Article 81, to follow immediately after
Section 247 thereof and to be under the new sub-title "State De-
partment of Assessments and Taxation"; to repeal and re-enact,
with amendments, Section 250 of said Article 81, sub-title "Appeal
Tax Courts"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
255 and 256 of said Article 81, sub-title "Appeals"; to repeal
Sections 257, 258, 259, 260 and 261 of said Article 81, sub-title
"Appeals", and to enact new Sections 257, 258, 259, 260 and 261
in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the sections so repealed;
to add a new Section 1 (i) to Article 23 of said Code, title "Corpora-
tions", sub-title "In General", to follow immediately after Section
1 (h) thereof; and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 142 of Article 56 of said Code, title "Licenses", pub-title
"Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax", revising certain tax and licensing laws
of the State of Maryland and the administration thereof, separating
the administrative and quasi-judicial functions of the present State
Tax Commission, relating generally to the Maryland Tax Court
and to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation and
their powers, duties and functions, revising the administration of
certain portions of the corporation laws of the State of Maryland,
and relating generally to the work, powers, personnel, duties and
functions of the present State Tax Commission and of the newly
created Maryland Tax Court and State Department of Assessments
and Taxation.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 257 be and it is hereby added to Article 41 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Governor—Exec-
utive and Administrative Departments", sub-title "25. Maryland
Tax Court and State Department of Assessments and Taxation",
to follow immediately after Section 256 thereof; that Section 193
of said Article, sub-title "2. Finance Department", be and it is