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the aid of the circuit court for the county (or of the Superior Court
of Baltimore City) where such person resides or carried on business
or is found, in requiring the attendance of witnesses and the pro-
duction of records. Such court may issue an order requiring such
person to appear before the Commission, and there to produce
records, if so ordered. Any failure to obey such order of the court
may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. All process
in any such case may be served wherever such person is found.

[(c)] (3) Contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to,
any person, by the General Assembly, may be punishable by the
circuit court for a county (or by the Superior Court of Baltimore
City), upon a complaint of the General Assembly invoked in the
same manner as in subsection (2) of this section.

[(d)] (4) The Commission and the General Assembly shall have
power to grant immunity to any person from prosecution, or from
any penalty or forfeiture, for or on account of any transaction,
matter or thing concerning which said person testifies or produces
evidence, documentary or otherwise.

(5) The Court of Appeals, using its powers to make rules and
regulations as authorized in Section 18 of Article IV of the Con-
stitution of Maryland, shall provide for procedures to be followed
by the Commission in proceedings filed in or pending before it.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 21, 1967.

CHAPTER 507
(Senate Bill 446)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 122A of
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume and 1966 Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes," sub-
title "Tax Sales," correcting errors in the laws relating to the
applicability and interpretation of the so-called Statewide tax
sales law throughout the State and particularly in Allegany County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 122A of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume and 1966 Supplement), title "Revenue
and Taxes," subtitle "Tax Sales," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

122A.

All acts and parts of acts, whether public general or public local,
inconsistent with the provisions of this subtitle, be and the same
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency; but all laws
repealed by this subtitle shall nevertheless remain in force in respect
to any and all tax sales made or instituted prior to December 31,
1943. Any and all tax sales made or instituted after December 31,