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or other similar body, appellate jurisdiction from and over such
assessing agency to the same extent that the State Tax Commission
now has over the [Appeal Tax Court] Board of Municipal and
Zoning Appeals, reserving, however, to the State Tax Commission
appellate jurisdiction over the [Appeal Tax Court] Board of Munic-
ipal and Zoning Appeals, or other similar body, as now or hereafter
provided by law; to have power to provide by ordinance or otherwise
for the prompt collection of taxes due the City, and to have power
to sell real estate, as well as personal property, for the payment of
taxes; provided, that no authority is given by this Sub-section (33)
to impose taxes on any property which is now or may hereafter be
exempted from taxation by any general or special Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, nor upon any property which may be stored
or deposited in the City for temporary purposes.

(e) To provide by general ordinance, whenever it shall seem expe-
dient for the encouragement of the growth and development of manu-
facturing industry in the said City, for the exemption, from any or
all taxes levied by authority of the said Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, of any or all tools (including mechanical tools), imple-
ments, whether worked by hand, steam or other motive power,
machinery, manufacturing apparatus or engines used in manufac-
turing, whether temporarily idle or not, raw materials on hand and
manufactured products in the hands of the manufacturer, and any
or all other personal property actually employed or used in the busi-
ness of manufacturing in the said City. Any such exemption from
taxes shall apply to all persons, firms and corporations engaged in
the branches of manufacturing industry proposed to be benefited by
any ordinance passed under the provisions of this sub-paragraph.
Laundry machinery, when employed or used in the business of laun-
dering, shall be classed as used in the business of manufacturing
within the purposes of this sub-paragraph.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 388
(Senate Bill 305)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11 of
Article 24 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Costs", providing that court docket costs of cases at law or
equity shall be collected in advance in Worcester County. AND
HARFORD COUNTIES.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11 of Article 24 of the Annotated Code of Maryland

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.