The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-05-05
PUBLIC
GENERALLAWS
PASSED BY THE
General Assembly Of Maryland
At the January Session, 1876.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

shares, or proportions in all ships, or othe
vessels, whether in or out of port, owned b,
residents of this State; all shares of stock
or shares in any Bank, State or National
or in any Company or Corporation, incor
porated by, or located in, and doing bust
ness in this State, whether owned in thi
State or elsewhere; all shares of stock, OF
shares in any Bank, State or national, OF
rNtol by, or located in, and doing bushes!
ia .ny other State, or in any Territory OF
country, owned by residents of this State
all bonds made by any corporation, or by
any other State, or by any Territory, be
longing to residents of this State; all in.
vestments in securities or stocks of any
other State Territory or country; all in
vestments in private securities Of every
kind, nature and description, belonging ia
residents of this State, except mortgages
upon property in this State, and the mort
gage debts respectively secured thereon
and all property of every kind, nature and
| description within this State, shall be liza
| BILE to valuation, assessment and taxation
except us provided in the next ensuing
! Section of this Act.
| Sec. .. And be it enacted, That the fol-
lowing property iseXpressly exempted from
| State, county or municipal taxation Prop
| erty belonging to the United States, or to
| this State, or to any county or Incorporated
| city or town in this State; houses or bull
dings used exclusively for public worship,
and the furniture contained therein, and
the ground which the said houses or bull
| dings, so exclusively used for public wor-
e1, pI,nl nntr al nr1c
tcries paying no dividends, and burying
grounds set apart for the use of any family,
or belonging to any church or congrega-
ii n; the crop or produce of any land in
| this State in the hands of the producer, or
his agent; provisions kept for the use and
consumption Of the family .ofthe person to
whom the same shall belong; the working
| tools of mechanics and manufacturers,
moved or worked exclusively by hand /;
wearing apparel OF every description; fish,
while in the possession of the fishermen
employed in catching, satn@ and packing
tue snmr, whiiu they remain in their poo-
session, or IN th,i "G thrir ng"hts uasOll {;
hospitals ar asy lums, charitable OF il, ncyO-
| lent institutions. So far susrh for the benc-
tit OF HE indlgrrt and tfilic ed, and the
G. uud which The buildings used rs sHch
| Il spltals, asyIuns chatl'ahlc or bereyu-
| iurj institutions, shlll oc,uuiiy cover. anu
| the equipments owned by such corpora
tiuns nr Institutions. All other property
IN this State, of every kind, ma
cure anh description whatsoever, shall u"
liable TO valuation, assessment, and taxa
| tior; and all acts or parts Of acts, exempt
in : any other property, except that eX-
rmpted by this act, from valuation, assess
mcnt or taxation for State county or NIL
nicipul purposes, which can be repealed
by this General Assembly, are to the cX-
tent Of such exemption, whenever or how
ever the same has been heretofore granted,
hereby expressly declared to be repealed
| to the extent Of said exemption, as afore-
said, and to be hereafter of no force or ci-
feet in granting such eXemptian.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted That to IA
cilitate and expedite the assessment OF
property in this State, under this Act, the
several counties Of this State and the City
of Baltimore, are hereby divided into the
following assessment districts: Allegany
county shall be divided into three assess
ment districts; the first shall be composed
Of the first, second, third and fourth cleo
ton districts of said county; the second
shall be composed Of the fifth, sixth
seventh, eight and fourteenth election dis
tricts of said county; the tli. shall be
composed of the ninth, tenth, eleventh
twelfth and thirteenth election districts OF
said county. Anne Arundel county shall
be divided into two assessment districts
the first shall be the territory within the
corporate limits of the City of Annapolis
the second shall constitute all Of the said
county not included within the limits o.
the city Of Annapolis. Baltimore city
shall be divided Into twenty assessment
districts, upon the basis of the present di
vision of the said city into wards; tho
first ward of said city, ms at present lait
out, shall constitute the first Assessment
district of said city; the second ward o
said city, as now laid out, shall con
stituto the second assessment dis
trict of said city the THIRD
ward of said city, as at present laid out
shall constitute the third assessment dis
trict of said city the fourth ward of sale
city, as ut present laid out, shall constitute
the fourth assessment district OF said city
the fifth ward of said city, as at preseE
laid out, shall constitute the fifth assess
ment district of said city; the sixth ware
of said city, as at present laid out, sinai
constitute the sixth assessment district O
said CITY; the seventh ward of said CITY
as at present laid out, shall constitute tn
seventh assessment district of said civ
fine eighth ward of said CITY ~
at present laid out, shall constitut
the eighth assessment district of said citv
the ninth ward of said city, 40 ot nrcsen
laid ont. shall constitute the ninth assess
mrut district of said cjtv the tenth var
Of sid citv as at present hid ont shn,
coos itute the tenth assessment district a
sai,, city: IN eleventh ward of said cit,
as at ,r s,nt laid out shall constitute iii