WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 184

State by escheat or otherwise, or to moneys not in excess of five
hundred dollars bequeathed for the perpetual upkeep of a grave or
graves. And provided further that nothing in this section shall
apply to property passing, in trust or otherwise, to or for the
use of a corporation, trust or community chest, fund, or
foundation, created or organized under the law of the United
States or any state or territory or possession of the United
States, organized and operated exclusively for religious,
charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes,
including the encouragement of art and the prevention of cruelty
to children or animals, if none of the purposes and no
substantial part of the activities of which are carrying on
propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation and
if no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of
any private shareholder or individual, and (i) if a substantial
part of all of the activities and work of which are carried on in
the State of Maryland or in the District of Columbia, or (ii) if
it is a Maryland corporation, or (iii) if the law of such
jurisdiction other than Maryland does not impose a legacy,
inheritance, succession or death tax of any character in respect
of property transferred to a similar eleemosynary beneficiary
organized or existing under the law of the State of Maryland or
provides for an exemption from such taxes on such transfers on a
reciprocal basis. For the purposes of this section, the
Montgomery County General Hospital, Incorporated, of Sandy
Spring, Maryland, shall be construed to be a corporation of this
State, organized and operated exclusively for charitable and
educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures
to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 29, 1987.

CHAPTER 184

(Senate Bill 908)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Hunting on Private Land

FOR the purpose of requiring a person who comes to hunt with a
gun on land in Montgomery County owned by another person to
obtain written permission of the landowner or certain other
persons; imposing liability in certain circumstances on a
person hunting on private land in Montgomery County;
protecting a landowner in Montgomery County from certain

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