LAWS OF MARYLAND
Extraordinary Session of 1947

At an Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of
Maryland, begun and held in the City of Annapolis,
on the fifth day of November, 1947, and ending on
the seventh day of November, 1947, the Honorable
Wm. Preston Lane being Governor of the State,
the following laws were enacted, to wit:

CHAPTER 1.
(Senate Bill 1)

AN ACT to add a new sub-section to Section 6 of Article 4 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland and Baltimore
City Charter, title "Baltimore City", sub-title "General
Powers", sub-heading "Taxes", as said charter was adopted
by the voters of Baltimore City at the election held No-
vember 5, 1946, said new sub-section to be known as Sub-
section (33A), to follow immediately after Sub-section (33),
authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
have and exercise, for the years 1948 to 1951, inclusive,
within the limits of Baltimore City, the power to tax, with
certain exceptions, and the power to exempt and to modify
and repeal existing or future exemptions, all to the same
extent as the State has or could exercise said powers within
the limits of said City and to provide the procedure for
the exercise of said powers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new sub-section be and it is hereby added to Sec-
tion 6 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land and Baltimore City Charter, title "Baltimore City",
sub-title "General Powers", sub-heading "Taxes", as said
Charter was adopted by the voters of Baltimore City at the
election held on November 5, 1946, said new sub-section to be
known as Sub-section (33A), to follow immediately after
Sub-section (33) of said section, and to read as follows:

(33A). To have and exercise, within the limits of Balti-
more City, for the years 1948 to 1951, inclusive, in addition to
any and all taxing powers heretofore granted by the General
Assembly to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the
power to tax to the same extent as the State has or could