Ch. 585                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1231

363.

If any person shall by printing, writing, or in any other way publish an account
of any lottery, stating when or where the same is to be drawn, or the prizes
therein, or any of them, or the price of a ticket or a share therein, or where any
ticket may be obtained therein, or in any way aiding or assisting in the same, he
shall on conviction be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment
for the term of sixty days, at the discretion of the court. THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SECTION ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO ANY LOTTERY
CONDUCTED BY ANY GOVERNMENT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this [[Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.]] ACT IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE AN
EMERGENCY MEASURE AND NECCESSARY FOR THE IMMEDIATE
PRESERVATION OF THE 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 THE SAME SHALL TAKE
EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF IIS PASSAGE.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 585
(House Bill 946)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 48(e) of Article 81 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Revenue and Taxes," subtitle "When Taxes are Payable,"
to change a certain rate of interest from one half (1/2) of one (1) percentum per
month to 2/3 of 1 percentum per month.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 48(e) of Article 81 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Revenue and
Taxes," subtitle "When Taxes are Payable," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

48.

(e) Ordinary city taxes in Baltimore City which are due and payable on the first
day of July, 1966 shall be overdue and in arrears on the first day of January 1967;
those due and payable on the first day of July, 1967, shall be overdue and in
arrears on the first day of December, 1967; those due and payable on the first day
of July, 1968, shall be overdue and in arrears on the first day of November, 1968;
and those due and payable on the first day of July for any year subsequent to 1968
shall be overdue and in arrears on the first day of October of the same calendar
year, and from and after these due dates, they bear interest at the rate of [one half
(1/2) of one (1) per centum] TWO-THIRDS OF ONE PER CENTUM for each
month and fraction thereof until paid, and the mayor and city council of Baltimore
by ordinance may allow such discounts for payments made prior to said due dates,
and may impose and collect after these dates penalties for failure to make payment
by and after these dates, as prior to said first day of July may have been fixed by
ordinance of the mayor and city council of Baltimore.