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IMPORTANT DEcIsIoN.-The Annapolis
Republican publishes the opinion of the
Court of Appeals, delivered by Judge Mar
tin, in the case Of }. .B. Howell VS.. the State
of Maryland. The case grew out Of the act
of the Legislature Of Maryland, of lst of
April, 1874, laying tax on property, and
which enumerated as among such property
liable to taxation, :" the interest or proportion
in all ships orother vessels, whether in or out
of port, owned by persons resident Of the
State" In conformity with the provisions
of this act, assessment was imposed on the
appellant on account of his interest or pro-
portion in certain vessels, and this case was
brought before the Court to test the legality
of the law imposing the tax, which it was
contended, is incompatible with the pfivi-
leges and immunities conferred by the law
of Congress licensing vessels, and repugnant
to the Constitution and Laws Of the United
States.


Judge Martin, in the very able opinion
delivered, reviews the whole question atlarge,
and announces the decision of the Court as
follows


"We can perceive no repugnancy, between
the law of Maryland imposinga tax upon