J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                               153

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on June 1, 1961.

Approved March 23, 1961.

CHAPTER 160
(House Bill 32)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12 (a)
(33) of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1960
Supplement), title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Clerks of Courts",
and Section 277 (m) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1960 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes", sub-title
"Recordation Tax", relating to an increased recordation tax on
certain conveyances recorded with the Circuit Court for Balti-
more County and by reason of such increase providing for per-
centum of commission to be received by said clerks for receiving,
collecting and paying over all public money.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 12 (a) (33) of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, (1960 Supplement), title "Fees of Officers", sub-title
"Clerks of Courts", and Section 277 (m) of Article 81 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1960 Supplement), title "Revenue and
Taxes", sub-title "Recordation Tax", be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

12.

(a)

(33) For receiving, collecting and paying over all public money—
5% except the clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County,
who shall receive 3% commission; provided that the clerk of the
court for Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County shall be en-
title TITLED to receive 3% of the amount collected from the tax ap-
plicable to instruments recorded with the said clerk pursuant to Sec-
tion 277 (m) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
edition) but shall be entitled to receive 5% for receiving, collecting
and paying over all other public moneys.

277.

(m) The rate of tax applicable to instruments recorded with the
clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore, Montgomery, Harford, St.
Mary's and Anne Arundel counties shall be as follows:

In the case of instruments conveying title to property, the tax
shall be at the rate of $1.10 for each $500 or fractional part thereof
of the actual consideration paid or to be paid; in the case of instru-
ments securing a debt, the tax shall be at the rate of $1.10 for each
$500 of the principal amount of the debt secured.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency.