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its then session, or at the earliest practicable day
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Determine.
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thereafter; and the said court shall determine
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whether the said property so valued to the said
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owner, is or is not subject to such valuation and to
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assessment for State taxes, or ought or ought not to
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be valued to said owner. If the said court shall de-
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termine that the said property is not subject to such
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valuation or assessment, or ought not to be valued
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to said owner, it shall, by its order, direct the said
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county commissioners, or the said Appeal Tax
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Strike from.
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Court, as the case may be, to strike the said prop-
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list.
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erty from the list of property valued to such owner;
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but if it shall determine that the said property is
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subject to valuation and assessment, or to valuation
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to said owner, it shall so determine by its order.
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SEC. 29. And be it enacted, That if it appears by
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the returns made as aforesaid to the county com-
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Duty of Com-
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missioners of any county, or to the Appeal Tax
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ptroller.
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Court of Baltimore city, that any property not ex-
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empted from valuation and assessment under this
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act, has not been valued to any owner in the county
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or city, in which the same ought to be so valued, it
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shall be the duty of the Comptroller to direct the
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said property to be so valued by the county com-
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missioners of the proper county, or by the Appeal
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Tax Court of Baltimore city, and to direct that
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notice of said valuation shall be given to said owner.
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If the county commissioners of any county, or if the
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Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore city shall refuse to
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value such property to the owner thereof, it shall be
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Conptroller to
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the duty of the said Comptroller to file a petition in
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file petition.
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the name of the State of Maryland against the
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county commissioners or Appeal Tax Court, as the
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case may be, so refusing, in the Circuit Court of
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that county in which such valuation ought to have
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been made, or in the City Court of Baltimore, if said
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valuation ought to have been made in said city, and
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the State's Attorney of the proper county or city
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shall appear for the said State, and the said county
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commissioners, or the Appeal Tax Court, shall
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answer the said petition within ten days after they
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shall have actual notice thereof. It shall be the duty
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of the said Circuit Court or City Court of Baltimore,
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Hear case.
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to hear the said case upon petition, and answer, and.
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