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shall have the same power and proceed in the same manner as herein
prescribed for the filling of vacancies on the grand jury, in filling
vacancies which might occur for the same reasons as herein set
forth, in the case of petit juror or petit jurors selected as herein-
before provided, such vacancies being filled always from the com-
partment, in the case of petit jurors, from the respective delegate
subdistrict which is the residence of the juror or jurors creating
such vacancies.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 671
(House Bill 401)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 277(m)
and (n) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965
Replacement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Record
ation Tax," raising the rate of the recordation tax in Calvert
County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 227(m) and (n) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Revenue and Taxes,"
subtitle "Recordation Tax," be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

277.

(m) The rate of tax applicable to instruments recorded with the
clerk of the circuit court for Baltimore, [Calvert,] Montgomery,
St. Mary's, Worcester and Anne Arundel counties shall be as follows:

In case of instruments conveying title to property, the tax shall
be at the rate of ($l.10 for each $500 or fractional part thereof
of the actual consideration paid or to be paid; in the case of in-
struments securing a debt, the tax shall be at the rate of $1.10
for each $500 of the principal amount of the debt secured.

(n) The rate of tax applicable to instruments recorded with the
clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City and with the clerk
of the Circuit Court for Charles and Calvert Counties [County] shall
be as follows:

In the case of instruments conveying title to property, the tax
shall be at the rate of $1.65 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 $1.65 for each
$500 of the principal amount of the debt secured.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.