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paid, the money so collected from this tax source shall be credited to
the general fund of the County.

It shall be unlawful for any person to record any instrument sub-
ject to the tax imposed by this sub-title, or to incur any additional
debt secured by an instrument previously recorded, with respect to
which additional debt a tax is required to be paid, without having
provided for the payment of the tax and recordation charge as
herein provided, and it shall be unlawful for any person to willfully
misrepresent the amount of the actual consideration in any such
transaction by affixing to any such instrument evidence of a greater
or lesser tax paid than prescribed in this article. Any person violating
the provisions of this sub-title shall be subject to a fine of not more
than $500.00 or to a sentence of not more than six months in jail.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959. JANUARY 1, 1960.

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 394

(Senate Bill 369)

AN ACT to recodify in the Code, Section 228 of Article 41 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Governor—
Executive and Administrative Departments", sub-title "20. De-
partment of Information", the same to be added to Article 27 of
the said Code, title "Crimes and Punishments", as Section 563A
thereof, to follow immediately after Section 563 of said Article 27
and to be under the new sub-title "Tourist Information", trans-
ferring in the Code the law relating to the furnishing of informa-
tion in connection with any tourist or travelers guide or informa-
tion service, and relating generally to the operation of a tourist
or travelers information service in this State.

Whereas, By a proposed law being considered at the 1959 Session
of the General Assembly (House Bill No. 130), Sections 226 and 227
of Article 41 of the Code would be repealed and the Department of
Information would no longer exist as such; and

Whereas, These changes would leave Section 228 of Article 41
without the other laws concerning the Department of Information;
and

Whereas, Section 228 should be transferred to be a part of the
criminal laws of this State; now, therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 228 of Article 41 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.