The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-02
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

mortgages of record in this state shall annu-
ally pay tax of eight per centum upon the
gross amount of interest covenanted to be
paid each year to said mortgage or his as
signs by the mortgagor, to be collected by
the proper authorities other taxes for
county purposes in the several counties and
as municipal taxes are collected in Baltimore
City, and for state taxes as hereinafter men
toned, said taxes when so collected shall be
applied as follows: One-fourth of the amount
SO received in each county of the state, and
i'll Baltimore City shall, on or before the thir-
ty-firSt day of December in each and ev9ry
year, to be paid to the Comptroller of the
State Treasury by the several county collec-
tors or treaSurerS and the collector of taxes
in Baltimore City, to be covered into the State
Treasury; the remaining three-fOurthS of the
amount so received shall, in each county in
this state, be by said collectors of taxes paid
to the order of the County Commissioners of
the several counties, to be by said commits
SionerS applied to county purposes; and in
baltimore City shall be paid to the order of
the Mayor and City Council, to be applied as
may be deemed proper, and the tax hereby
levied, shall, i'll each year, be due and paya-
BILE in the county or Baltimore City, where
the mortgage is recorded; provided that il
any mortgage is recorded in two or more
counties or i'll Baltimore city or in any county
or counties of the state, the tax hereby levied
shall each year be paid in the county or Bal
timore City, where the greater portion OF the
property covered by the mortgage is located.
146B.-For the purpose of collecting said tax
the year shall begin on the first day of Sep
TENDER and end on the thirty day of Au-
gust, in each succeeding year; and whenever
any mortgage mas Deen recorded only q part
of year, the tax shall be paid only for that
part of the year for which it has been OF rec
ord; and all mortgages or aSS1gneeS holding
mortgages OF record in this state that shall
pay their state taxes thereon on or before the
first day of October of the year in which said
taxes were due and demandaDle, shall be en-
titled to deduction of five per centum on
the amount of said taxes, all that shall pay
, the same ON or before the first day of Novem-
Der of the said year shall be entitled to de-
duction OF four per centum, and all that shall
before Ia
cember OF the said year shall be entitled to
deduction of three per centum: and at the
time of receiving said taxes, the proper OFF,
GERS shall make the deduction aforesaid. and
note the same upon the receipts given to the
mortgages or asSignees holding mortgages
of record so paying, and all taxes remaining
unpaid on the first day of January of the year
following, shall be chargable with interest
thereon from that date until paid; and every
collector shall, on all sums paid by him to the
State Treasurer on or before the fifteenth day
of October OF the year in which said taxes
were due and demandable, be allowed a de-
duction of five per centum; ON all sums paid
by him on or before the fifteenth day of No
vember of the said year deduction of four
per centum, and on all sums paid by him on
or before the fifteenth day of December of
the said year deduction of three per cen
tum, which deduction shall in each case be
noted by the Treasurer upon the receipt Civ
en- to said collector, which deduction shall be
made from the gross amount of the state
taxes placed for collection in the hands of
said collector, and shall not be in addition to
those made III IaVOr OF the taxpayers.
146E-1.-The Clerk to the Appeal Tax Court
of Baltimore City and the Clerk to the County
Commissioners of each county i'll this state
shall annually transmit to the Comptroller of
the Treasury within thirty days after the
close of each collection year, to-Wit, on or
before the thirtieth day of September of each
and every year, a return of the total amount
of such tax belonging to the state, viz: One
fourth of eight per centum upon the gross
amount of interest cOvenanted to be paid
upon said mortgages in each county and in
the baltimore SHOWING AmOlInt
thereof, and the amount placed in the hands
of each collector of such county or city; and
for neglecting or refusing to perform this
duty, the clerk or clerks so neglecting or re
fusing shall be liable to prosecution, and on
conviction thereof shall be fined five hundred
dollars for each and every offenSe.
Section 2. And be it enacted That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, April Q, 1898.
LLOYD LOWNDES Governor.
JOHN WRIT RANDALL,
--f President of the Senate.
LOUIS SCHAEFER,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed at the January
MARTIN NJ. HIGGINS,
Secretary of the Senate.
u. HOUSEHOLDER.
Chief Clerk Of the House of Delegates.
CHAPTER 1879.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 246 OF AR
TICLE % OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC
GENERAL LAWS OF MARYLAND, TITLE
CORPORATIONS" SUBTITLE, WATER
COMPANIES" AND TO RE-ENACT THE
SAME WITH AMENDMENTS
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland That Section 246 of
Article . of the Code OF Public General Laws
of Maryland, title Corporations" subtitle
Water Companies" be and the same is here
by repealed and re-enacted so as to read as
follows
246. Amy corporation which may be formed
under the provisions of this article for the
purpose of supplying water, shall have power
to acquire, possess and use all such land,
water rights and other property, and shall
have all such power as may be necessary for
the purpose of which said corporation was
formed. And shall also have power to lay
pipes and construct all such other works as
shall be necessary or suitable to carry out the
purpose of said corporation provided the
assent OF the municipal authorities of any
Incorporated town or city i'll which the oper-
ations of said corporation may be carried on
shall be first had and obtained, or if the oper-
atiOnS of any such company shall be carried
on in any county outside of an Incorporated
town or city The assent of the county com
mlSSiOnerS OF said county shall be first had
and obtained; and all such works and the
exercise of the powers hereby granted shall
at all times be subject to such reasonable
said county commissioners, as the case may
be, may from time to time prescribe, but
nothing in this section shall authorize the
incorporation of water companies in the
city of Baltimore.
Section2. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, April 18th, 1898
LLOYD LOWNDES. Governor.
JOHN WRIT RANDALL,
President of the Senate.
LOUIS SCHAEFER,
Speaker OF the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act of the General As
sembly of Maryland passed at the January
MARTIN NJ. HIGGINS,
Secretary of the Senate.
H. HOUSEHOLDER,
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates.
CHAPTER $40.
AN ACT REQUIRING THE STATE BOARD
OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF
BALTIMORE CITY To FURNISH THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFTHiS STATE WITH
A TEXT BOOK UPON CIVIL GOVERN
MEN, IN ADDITION TO THE TEXT
BOOKS NOW FURNISHED. AND TO
HAVE THE SAME TAUGHT THEREIN.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the State Board