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(d). If the subcontractor wilfully fails to comply with the non-
discrimination provisions the contractor may avoid the contract note
and shall be liable only for; the reasonable value of the services
performed and materials supplied. In addition, the subcontractor

shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor and shall be fined

not more than $100.00 for each offense.

(e). Any person, whether an employee, prospective employee or
not with information concerning violations of the requirements of
this section may inform the Board of Public Works which shall cause
an immediate investigation of the charges. If the Board concludes
that the charges are true it shall invoke the remedies set out in
this section; where criminal penalties are provided for it shall trans-

mit the information and finding to the State's Attorney for pros-

ecution.

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

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 449
(House Bill 327)

AN ACT to add new Section 9 (50) to Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1960 Supplement), title
"Revenue and Taxes", sub-title "What Shall Be Taxed and Where",
to follow immediately after Section 9 (49) thereof, making all
property owned by the Frederick Optimist Boys' Foundation, Inc.,
except property commercially rented, exempt from assessment and
state, county, and city taxation.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 9 (50) be and it is hereby added to Article 81 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1960 Supple-
ment), title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-title "What Shall Be Taxed
and Where," to follow immediately after Section 9 (49) thereof, to
read as follows:

9.

(50) Property, real and personal, owned by the Frederick Optimist
Boys' Foundation, Inc., providing property is not commercially
rented. Operation of a parking lot, even at a fixed charge, shall not
be construed to mean commercially rented. If part of property is
commercially rented and so designated in a lease, the balance of
the property is not eliminated from this tax exemption.

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

Approved April 24, 1961.