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Jurisdiction imposed herein shall include all courts of limited juris-
diction including the Municipal Court of Baltimore City and any
Trial Magistrate Court of the State.

(g) (H) Severability. If any provision of this subtitle or the ap-
plication thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this
subtitle which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or
application, and to this end the provisions of this subtitle are declared
to be severable. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this
subtitle shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be unconstitutional and invalid, such judgment shall
not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or section
thereof so found unconstitutional and invalid.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of public health and safety and, having been passed by a
yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 201
(Senate Bill 1)

AN ACT to add new Section 229A to Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Revenue
and Taxes," subtitle "Maryland Tax Court," to authorize the
Maryland Tax Court to establish by rule a procedure for the han-
dling of appeals on the valuation of property assessments, to gen-
erally provide for the appointment of an examiner to hear appeals
in the counties, preserving the right of appeal to the Tax Court in
lieu of hearing before the examiner and relating generally to
such procedure on assessment appeals before the Tax Court.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 229A be and it is hereby added to Article 81 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title
"Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "Maryland Tax Court," to follow
immediately after Section 229 thereof, and to read as follows:

(a)    The Maryland Tax Court may establish by rule, in accord-
ance with this section, a procedure for appeals on questions of valua-
tion in real property assessments. The Court may appoint an Exam-
iner to hear the appeals, and the Court may arrange for the Exam-
iner to sit at the times and places appropriate to promote his ac-
cessibility, within the several counties or Baltimore City, wherein
the appeals may arise.

(b)    If the Maryland Tax Court establishes a procedure as pro-
vided in subsection (a), any property owner, where there is an appeal
to the Maryland Tax Court from an assessment