REPORT

———OF THE———

STATE TAX COMMISSIONER.

STATE OF MARYLAND,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office of the State Tax Commissioner,

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 4th, 1882.

To the Honorable the General Assembly of Maryland:

The Act of Assembly passed at January Session 1878,
Chapter 178, requires the State Tax Commissioner to "report
the amount of the basis of assessment for State purposes, in
the several counties and City of Baltimore, with his sugges-
tions in regard to the same, to the General Assembly, at
each regular session thereof, " and in obedience to this require-
ment, the following report is respectfully submitted to your
Honorable Bodies:

STATE TAXES ASSESSED UPON CORPORATIONS.
The aggregate amount of State taxes assessed upon corpo-
rations in this State, for the year 1881, by the State Tax
Commissioner, is $113, 570. 57 This sum, however, has been
reduced to the extent of $1, 065. 76, by reductions on the
assessments of corporations, made by the Comptroller and
Treasurer on appeal, leaving the total amount as finally
settled, $112, 504.81.

This sum is made up of the State taxes on the assessed
value of the real property of corporations, amounting to
$39, 059 72, and State taxes on the shares of stock, assets and
deposits of corporations, amounting to $74, 510 85.

The receipts of State taxes on the shares of stock, assets
and deposits of corporations, during the fiscal year ended