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subsection to determine the validity of the certification contained in
the application.

(d) For the period [October 22 to November 1, inclusive] after
AFTER October 21 applicant may present to the clerk a certification
that he is a resident of the State of Maryland, that he desires to erect
a stake blind site opposite the shores of the county and that there
is no previously licensed blind or blind site within five hundred
(500) yards of said location. Said licenses shall be issued in rotation
as applications are received but may be revoked by written notice
to the applicant by the Department of Game and Inland Fish FISH
AND WILDLIFE ADMINISTRATION if the certifications of the
application are found to be in error. The [Department of Game and
Inland] iFsh FISH and Wildlife Administration shall upon request
by any owner of shore front property, inspect any site licensed under
the provisions of this subsection to determine the validity of the
certification contained in the application. No blind site licensed under
the provisions of this subsection may be leased or rented. Any stake
erected pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be removed
by the licensee or his agent within thirty (30) days after the closing
date of the waterfowl season for which the site is licensed.

(F) ALL LICENSES SHALL BE VALID FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR JULY 1 TO AND INCLUDING JUNE 30 AND SHALL
BE ISSUED IN ROTATION AS AFORESAID, BEGINNING ON
JULY 1. [AND EXTENDING TO AND INCLUDING NOVEMBER
1. NO LICENSES SHALL BE ISSUED ON APPLICATIONS FOR
STATIONARY BLINDS OR BLIND SITES RECEIVED AFTER
NOVEMBER 1 TO AND INCLUDING JUNE 30 OF EACH YEAR,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME
AND INLAND FISH MAY PROVIDE BY REGULATION FOR
RELIEF IN THE EVENT OF LOST LICENSES, LOST OR DE-
STROYED EQUIPMENT OR INCAPACITY OF LICENSEE.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 29, 1971

CHAPTER 331
(House Bill 975)

AN ACT to add new Section 9(72) to Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supple-
ment), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "What Shall Be Taxed
and Where," to follow immediately after Section 9(71) thereof
to exempt the personal property owned by Non-Profit, Non-Stock
Cooperative Housing Corporations in Montgomery County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 9(72) be and is hereby added to Article 81 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1970
Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "What Shall Be
Taxed and Where," to follow immediately after Section 9(71)
thereof, and to read as follows: