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additional duties as the State Tax Commission shall determine and designate; at such time as shall be ordered by the State Tax Commission, each of the several Boards of County Commissioners in the State of Maryland shall appoint such number of county assessors as shall be ordered by the State Tax Commission; and for incompetency or any other cause, the State Tax Commission shall have the authority and power to dismiss and discharge any of such county assessors and require the County Commissioners of any of the several counties as the case may be, to appoint a competent individual to fill the vacancy, or the said State Tax Commission, in its discretion, shall have the authority and power to fill said vacancy with a competent individual; and to appoint such other assessors as said Commission may consider necessary; the rate of compensation of the county and additional assessors provided for in this Act shall not exceed five dollars per day for the time they are actually employed in the work of assessing, which compensation, as well as all other expenses incident to local assessment, shall be levied for by the several Boards of County Commissioners.

1916, ch. 629, sec. 249.

249. The uniform plan for the assessment of property which shall be formulated by the State Tax Commission, shall be followed strictly by the Board of County Commissioners of the several counties in the State, together with all county assessors, not only for the assessment provided for in this Act, but for all subsequent reassessments and reviewal of assessments authorized by Chapter 841 of the Acts of 1914.

1916, ch. 629, sec. 250.

250. The Board of County Commissioners of the several counties of the State shall provide by levy an amount sufficient to pay for the assessment of property in their respective counties upon the order of the State Tax Commission.

1916, ch. 629, sec. 251.

251. In the event that any of the several Boards of County Commissioners of the State of Maryland neglect or refuse to include in the levy succeeding the date of notification from the

State Tax Commission of the amount necessary to reassess property in the particular county, the amount of which is in the preceding section provided for, or in the event any of the sev eral Boards of County Commissioners shall neglect or fail to follow the instructions of the State Tax Commission, either as to the method or plan of assessment, or failure to appoint county assessors as hereinbefore provided, then in that event the State Tax Commission shall institute mandamus proceedings against any such Board of County Commissioners of any county so refusing and a mandamus shall issue compelling any such board to perform the duties herein provided.

1916, ch. 629, sec. 252.

252. Each County Commissioner of a county having three commissioners shall receive five dollars per day for actual services rendered in connection with the reassessment of property in their county, and the County Commissioners of counties haying more than three commissioners shall each receive three dollars per day for actual services rendered in the assessment of property in their county, but the State Tax Commission is given the authority to decide how much time is necessary to do this work, and if the County Commissioners of any county have not completed their work within that time, then in that event the necessary time to complete it must be done without compensation. The County Commissioners of the several counties in connection with the reassessment of the property in their respective county shall have the right to appoint a clerk, in addition to the regular clerk of the Board, who shall receive for each day of actual service as such clerk the sum of three dollars per day. The counsel to the County Commissioners in their respective county shall be counsel to the said Commissioners in regard to the reassessment of property in their respective county, and shall be entitled to a fair and reasonable compensation for services rendered to said County Commissioners, in addition to the salary as counsel to the said County Commissioners; all of which compensation for the county assessors, County Commissioners acting in regard to the reassessment of property in their respective county, their clerk and counsel, shall be paid by the counties in which such duties are respectively performed, and

the accounts for these services rendered shall be approved by the County Commissioners for such county before the same are paid.

1916, ch. 629, sec. 253.

253. At any time an assessment of all of the property of any county, district or town is to be made, notice of proposed assessments may be made by publication in one or more newspapers published in the county or in such other uniform manner as the State Tax Commission may determine.

ARTICLE XCIII.

TESTAMENTARY LAW.

Administration by Foreign Executors and Administrators. Ibid. sec. 76. 1888, art. 93, sec. 77. 1860, art. 93, sec. 77. 1839, ch. 41. sec. 1. 1849, ch. 447, sec. 1. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 103. ' 1888, ch. 249.

77. If any person being a resident of any other State, district or territory of the United States, or of any foreign country, shall die possessed or entitled to any of the public stocks or debts created or issued upon the credit of this State, or of the stock or debt created or issued upon the credit of the City of Baltimore, or of the capital stock of any joint stock company incorporated by the authority of this State, or of any national bank in this State, his right or title thereto shall devolve on his executor or administrator, duly constituted and appointed as such by the law of the State, district, territory or country wherein he may have resided at the time of his death, in the same manner as if the said executor or administrator had been duly constituted and appointed as such by the proper authority in this State.*

Citizens Nat. Bank vs. Sharp, 53 Md. 521.

Ibid. sec. 77. 1888, art. 93, sec. 78. 1860, art. 93, sec. 78. 1839, ch. 41. 1849, ch. 447, sec. 2. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 104.

sec. 2.

78. Nothing contained in the preceding section shall deprive the Courts of this State of their authority to grant adminis

tration on the estate of such deceased person, and the right of a person so appointed shall be preferred to the right of the foreign executor or administrator; provided, notice of the claim. of the domestic executor or administrator to such stock be given to the proper officer having charge of the stock book wherein such stock is entered, and having authority to make or allow a transfer thereof before any sale or transfer thereof has actually been made by the foreign executor or administrator; and provided, further, that administration shall not be granted to any one in this State, except the next of kin, residuary legatee, or a creditor who shall make oath to and exhibit the vouchers of his claim before obtaining administration.

1912, art. 93, sec. 79. 1904, art. 93, sec. 78.

1888, art. 93, sec. 79.

1860, art. 93, sec. 79. 1839, ch. 41, sec. 3. 1849, ch. 447, sec. 3. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 105. 1912, ch. 148, sec. 78, p. 305.

79. No such foreign executor or administrator shall be authorized to transfer any such stock until after he shall have given at least one month's notice by advertisement published once a week for four weeks in one daily newspaper of the City of Baltimore, stating therein the death of his testator or intestate and the amount and description of stock intended to be transferred.

1845, ch. 391.

Ibid. sec. 79. 1888, art. 93, sec. 80. 1860, art. 93, sec. 80. 1844, ch. 184. 1847, ch. 230. 1849, ch. 447, sec. 4. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 106.

80. The provisions of this Code imposing a tax on commissions of domestic executors and administrators shall extend to such foreign executors or administrators; and the Orphans' Court of the county or city in which the stock transferred is situated shall fix the commissions of such foreign executor or administrator, who shall thereupon pay the tax thereon to the register of such county or city.

1904, art. 93, sec. 322. 1888, art. 93, sec. 315. 1888, ch. 249. 328. No devise or bequest of real or personal property for any charitable uses shall be deemed or held to be void by reason of any uncertainty with respect to the donees thereof, provided the will or codicil making the same shall also contain direc

tions for the formation of a corporation to take the same, and within the period of twelve calendar months from the grant of probate of such will or codicil a corporation shall be formed, in correspondence with such directions, capable and willing to receive and administer such devise or bequest.*

ARTICLE CI.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.†
1914, ch. 800, sec. 1.

1. A Commission is hereby created which shall be known as the State Industrial Accident Commission, to be composed of three Commissioners. Immediately upon the taking effect of this Act, the Governor shall appoint such Commissioners (not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party). One of them shall hold office for the first two years, another for the first four years, and another for the first six years following the passage and approval of this Act. Thereafter the term shall be six years. Each Commissioner shall devote his entire time to the duties of the office, and shall not hold any position of trust or engage in any occupation or business interfering or inconsistent with his duties as such Commissioner, or serve on or under any committee of a political party. Each Commissioner shall hold office until his successor shall be appointed and shall have qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. A decision on any question arising under this Act concurred in by two of the Commissioners shall be the decision of the Commission. The Governor may at any time remove any Commissioner from office for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Before such removal he shall give such Commissioner a copy of the charges against him, and shall fix a time when he can be heard in his own defense, either in person, or by counsel, which

* Snowden vs. Crown Cork & Seal Co., 114 Md. 650.

The references under this Article to S. I. A. C., are to the opinions of the Maryland State Industrial Accident Commission as found filed among its records of claims or as published in the Daily Record in Baltimore City.

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