* Employer high deductible health plans and health savings accounts. If your company offers the combination of a high deductible health plan along with a pre-tax health savings account, an employee may be able to save pre-tax dollars to pay for services and benefits that a high deductible health plan fails to cover.
Rudbeckia hirta. The Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) has been the official Maryland flower since 1918 when it was designated the Floral Emblem of Maryland by the General Assembly (Chapter 458, Acts of 1918; Code State Government Article, sec. 13-305). 1  Find on Areaconnect Yellow Pages. 2  Link to 50states.com.
Slavery ended in Maryland on November 1, 1864. The Maryland General Assembly wrote a new constitution for the state that made slavery illegal after that date. Maryland was different from most slave states where slavery was ended by the Emancipation Proclamation that became law on January 1, 1863. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War as a special wartime measure.