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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 667

clerk of the circuit court of the county or the Superior
Court of Baltimore City, according to the residence of each
judge, and to the clerk of which court, the Governor shall
forward a commission to that judge. The term of office of
the judges of this Court shall be six years, commencing on
the first Monday in June next ensuing their respective
appointments and the judges shall hold office until their
respective successors are appointed and qualified. The term
of office of each of the members of the State Tax Commission
now serving and the member of said Commission now holding
the designation of chairman, shall terminate and end upon
July 1, 1959, and each member shall be appointed as a judge
of the Maryland Tax Court hereby created, to serve, however,
only for such period of time as is equal to the unexpired
balance of the term for which they, respectively, were
appointed as members of said State Tax Commission. In
addition, the Governor shall appoint one judge for a term
expiring on the first Monday of June in 1960 and one judge
for a term expiring on the first Monday of June in 1962. In
case of any vacancy, the Governor shall appoint a successor
for the unexpired term, subject to the limitations and
qualifications contained in this section. The judges of the
Court shall receive the salaries that are provided in the
annual budget, these salaries to be payable out of the
treasury of the State and be subject to Article 3, § 35 of
the Constitution.

229.

(i) (1) The Court shall hear and determine all appeals
promptly. IF AN APPEAL INVOLVES REAL PROPERTY TAXES THE
COURT SHALL, UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY PARTY TO THE APPEAL,
PROVIDE A COPY OF THE EXAMINER'S RECOMMENDATION. [In
proper cases the Court shall file a written order.]

(2)(I) IF THE CASE INVOLVES REAL PROPERTY

TAXES, THE COURT SHALL FILE A WRITTEN ORDER.

(II) IF THE CASE INVOLVES OTHER TAXES, THE
COURT MAY FILE A WRITTEN ORDER. [Copies]

(III) IF THE COURT FILES A WRITTEN ORDER,
COPIES of the order shall be certified by the clerk, under
the seal of the Court, to the agency appealed from and to
all parties to the appeal. [The order is final and
conclusive, unless]

(3) UNLESS an appeal is taken to a circuit court
for a county or the Baltimore City Court [as hereinafter
provided] IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION, AN ORDER UNDER
THIS SECTION IS FINAL.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.