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the use of the term "charitable". See Lodge No. 817,
Trustees BPOE v. Supervisor of Assessments, 292 Md.
533, 539, (1982) in which the Court of Appeals stated
in reference to former Art. 81, § 9(e) that "[a]s used
in the statute, the terms 'benevolent' and
'charitable' are virtually synonymous and neither
encompasses a brand of beneficence or largess from
which the public is actively excluded".

In subsection (b)(l)(i) of this section, the phrase
"[e]xcept as provided in subsection (c) of this
section" is added for clarity to provide a reference
to the exception.

In subsection (b)(l)(ii)2. of this section, the former
phrase "incorporated or unincorporated", which
modified "nonprofit hospital", is deleted as
unnecessary since a nonprofit hospital is exempt
regardless of its form of organization.

Also in subsection (b)(l)(ii)2. of this section, the
former references to the archaic term "asylum" are
deleted as obsolete. If the term "asylum" were meant
to refer to a "mental health facility", the term
"hospital" as defined in Title 19 of the Health -
General Article and as used in this section covers any
such facility.

Also in subsection (b)(l)(ii)2. of this section, the
former reference to "sororal organization" is deleted
as included in the definition of "fraternal
organization".

In subsection (b)(1)(ii)2. and 3. and (c)(1) of this
section, the former word "institution", when it
appears in tandem with "organization", is deleted as
included in the broad word "organization".

In subsection (b)(1)(ii)3. of this section, the former
term "association" is deleted as included in the
defined term "corporation".

In subsection (b)(1)(ii)4. of this section, the former
reference that sets out the purposes for which
property owned by a nonprofit housing corporation must
be used in order to qualify for an exemption is
deleted in light of the requirement of subsection
(b)(1)(i) of this section.,

In subsection (c) of this section, the defined term
"real property" is substituted for the former term
"land", for clarity.

In subsection (c)(1) of this section, the phrase
"municipal corporation or Baltimore City" is