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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety, and having been passed by a yea and nay vote,
supported by three-fifths of all of the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of
Maryland, the same shall take effect from the date of
the passage.

Approved March 5, 1951.

CHAPTER 27
(Senate Bill 33)

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 (1949 Edition), title "Baltimore
City, " sub-title "General Powers, " sub-heading "Taxes, "
said new sub-section to be known as sub-section
(33½), to follow immediately after sub-section (33) of
said Section 6, authorizing the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore to have and exercise within the limits of
Baltimore City, the power to tax, with certain excep-
tions, and the power to exempt and to modify and re-
peal existing or future exemptions, all to the same ex-
tent as the State of Maryland has or could exercise said
powers within the limits of Baltimore City and pro-
viding the procedure for the exercise of said powers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
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
Maryland and Baltimore City Charter (1949 Edition), title
"Baltimore City, " sub-title "General Powers, " sub-head-
ing "Taxes, " said new sub-section to be known as sub-
section (33½), to follow immediately after sub-section
(33) of said Section 6, and to read as follows:

(33½). (a) To have and exercise, within the limits of
Baltimore City, in addition to any and all taxing powers

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.