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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 492

sufficient if said envelope be addressed to the residence
or place of business of such person as it appears in the
then latest edition of the Baltimore City directory or
telephone directory, and provided also that a record of
the date of mailing and manner of addressing said
envelope shall be contemporaneously made and carefully
preserved among the records of the appropriate authority,
or (4) if the property to be valued or classified be real
estate situated in Baltimore City having a street number,
and the name of the owner is unknown or does not appear
in such directory, then by addressing and mailing an
envelope containing a copy of such notice in the manner
prescribed in subdivision (3) of this paragraph to such
street number a record being similarly kept of the date
and manner of such posting, or (5) if the property to be
valued or classified be real estate or tangible personal
property and the owner thereof is unknown or a
nonresident or cannot be found or served in any manner
hereinabove authorized, then by serving such notice upon
the person, if any, in actual custody and possession
thereof or if no person be found in actual possession or
custody thereof, then by posting the same conspicuously
upon such real estate or tangible personal property;
provided that if the mail address of such person be
known, even though he be a nonresident, it shall be the
duty of such taxing authority (though not a condition
precedent to the validity of the valuation), to mail a
copy of the notice to such address.

(f) If any property shall be transferred at such
time as to prevent the necessary notice period from being
given before the date of finality as provided in this
section, the person to whom such notice is directed may
have [20] 30 days after the date of such notice to make
answer thereto or to present such proof as he may desire
in the premises.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 493
(House Bill 1347)

AN ACT concerning

Worcester County — Alcoholic Beverages
(Election Day Sales)

FOR the purpose of permitting the sale of alcoholic
beverages in Worcester County in accordance with