The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-02
CHAPTER 215.

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION IlGC AND
1iGD OF ARTICLE 81 OF TIE CODE OF
PUBLIC GENERALLAWS TITLE"REN-
ENCE AND TANES," AND TO RE-EN-
ACT THE SAME NTH AMENDMENTS;
AND ALSO To REPEAL SECTION 1872 OF
SAID ARTICLE. 50 FAR rs THE SAME
RELATE TO THE SEVERAL COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OUTSIDE OF BALTI-
MORE CITY. AND TO ADD \ NEW SEC
To TO SAID ARTICLE APPLICABLE
TO TIE Sections HAVING BEEN AID
DEB TO SAID ARTICLE BY THE ACT OF
1896, CHAPTER 100, SAID NEW SECTION
To BE KNOWN AS SECTION 1872 \, AND
TO FOLLOW SECTGONlp.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Section l46C and
146D of Article 81 of the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws, title Revenue and Taxes" be,
and the same are, hereby repealed and re-en-
acted with amendments, and that Sec
ton 1g2 of said Article be, and the same is
hereby, repealed so far as it relates to the
several counties outside of Baltimore City,
and that new Section be added to said Ar
ticle to be known as Section 1872 A, and to
follow Section 1872, said sections hereby re
pealed and re-enacted having been added to
said article by the Act of 1896, Chapter 120.
l46C. All covenants contained in any mort
gage executed after the Both day of March
in the year 1896, for the payment by the mort
gagOr OF any or all taxes, assessments, public
dues or charges levied or to be levied by law
on the mortgage debt created or secured by
such mortgage,or on the interest covenanted
to be paid, are hereby declared null and void;
but whenever any mortgage executed prior
to said date contains any such covenant the
said mortgage shall be exempt from the pro
visions of Section AGA of this Article.
lag d. Any person lending money on mort
gage upon property in this State their agent
or attorney, in addition to the usual oath or
affirmation as to the bona tideS of the cOnSid
GRAFTON, shall take an oath or affirmation, to
be endorsed upon the mortgage and to fol-
low Immediately after the first mentioned
oath or affirmation, to the effect that he has
not required the mortgagor, his agent or at
torney, or any person for the said mort
gagor, to pay the tax levied upon the inter
est cOvenanted to be paid, in advance nor
will he require the same to be paid by the
mortgagor or any person for him during the
eXiStance Of said mortgages; and upon the
assignment of any mortgage i'll this State,
which mortgage was executed after the Both
day of March, i'll the year 1896, except for the
purpose of foreclosure the party to whom it
is assigned, his agent or attorney, shall take
the oath or affirmation i'll this section pre-
Scribed, to be recorded with said assignment,
and no such mortgage shall be valid except
as between the parties thereto, unless the
said oath or affirmation is endorsed thereon;
provided, that for the assignment of mort
cages executed prior to said last mentioned
date and containing any covenant or cove
nantS of the character prescribed in Section
l46C, of this Article, no oath OF affirmation
shall be required.
1874 The several Boards of County Com
miSSioners, shall in addition to the powers
now vested in them by law have the power
to value and assess all personal property,
and to revise all valuations and assessments
of real property in their respective counties
and to lower or increase said assessments of
real or personal property, and take steps for
the discovery Of all unassessed property of
any kind. Whenever they shall purpose to
alter or change any assessment or make any
new assessment they shall, before said as
sessment is made. give five days notice there
of in writing to the owner of the property to
be assessed and if such owner be not found
within the limits of their county. then to the
person in possession of the property to be
assessed or i'll whose custody the same may
be, or if it be land. and no one be in the APP
parent occupancy thereof, then by notice
posted on said land. said respective Boards
of County Commissioners shall have full
power to appoint such agents as may i'll their
discretion be necessary to enable them to
carry into effect their powers under this arti-
Gle, but the listing of personal property pro-
vided for in Sections lI3 and IA of this Arti-
Gle, and required by the Sections of this
article repealed by this act, to be made i'll
the year eigh cen hundred and nine weight,
shall not take place until the year nineteen
hundred and two, when the same
shall be taken and made under the
orders and directions OF the said respective
Boards of County Commissioners, as well as
the additional powers conferred by this arti-
Gle, which are hereby intended to be made
and are made full and ample FOR that pur-
pose, and said listing shall also be made
every six years thereafter. All the penalties
ana requirements prescribed in this article,
both as to owners OF property and assessors
or clerks appointed by the respective Boards
OF County Commissioners, and the said
Boards themselves, whether sitting to hear
appeals or otherwise, shall be in force and
apply to all assessments and valuations
made by said assessors or County Commits
sioners at any time under this article, and
particularly to the listing OF personal prop
erty i'll the year Nineteen Hundred and Two,
and every six years thereafter, so far as the
same may be applicable and practicable.
There shall always be an appeal to the Board
OF County Commissioners from the acts ola
assessors or agents appointed by them here
under, or otherwise authorized to act as
assessors under the laws of this State.
Section .. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved, April 9th, 1898.
LLOYD LOWNDES, Governor.
JOHN WRIT RANDALL,
President of the Senate.
LOUIS SHAEFER,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.