3500 ARTICLE 16.

In exercising these powers the boards of zoning appeals may, in con-
formity with the provisions of this Act and the zoning regulations, reverse
or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the requirements or decision
appealed from, and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer
from which the appeal is taken. Before making their decision, the boards
of zoning appeals shall hold a hearing, notice of the time and place of
which shall be sent by mail to the appellant and to the owners of all prop-
erties contiguous to the property of the appellant, which notice shall be
mailed not less than seven days previous to the time fixed for the hearing.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 28. 1929, ch. 286, sec. 28.

612. The erection or use of any building or other structure or of prem-
ises in violation of this Act or of zoning regulations enacted in pursuance
hereof, except as modified or interpreted by the Boards of Zoning Appeals,
in accordance with the provisions of this Act, is hereby declared to be a
misdemeanor. The issuance of any building permit in violation of the
provisions of this Act is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor.

The Board of County Commissioners of either of said countiea, the
Commission, any public official of any municipality or political subdivi-
sion within the District or any property owner within the District, may
bring action in any court of competent jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin-
the erection or use of any building or structure or premises in violation
of the provisions of this Act or of the regulations enacted pursuant thereto,
and any such court is hereby granted jurisdiction to issue restraining or-
ders and temporary or permanent injunction.

As compensation on account of the additional duties imposed upon them
by this Act, the Board of County Commissioners of Prince George's
County, in addition to their compensation now authorized by law, shall
each receive Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per annum which shall be
paid quarterly to them by the Commission beginning May 1, 1929, from
the proceeds of the 3-cent administrative tax levied in Prince George's:
County under the provisions of Section 589 of this subtitle.

1927, ch. 448; sec. 29.

613. Chapter 103 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland
of 1924 authorizing the Mayor and Council of the Town of Takoma Park,
Maryland, in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties to enact zoning
ordinances is hereby repealed, provided however that all ordinances, or-
ders, regulations or resolutions enacted or promulgated by the said Mayor
and Council of the Town of Takoma Park under and by virtue of said
Chapter, either now in effect or which may be enacted by the said Mayor
and Council before the date when this Act shall become effective, shall
remain in full force and effect until such time as a zoning ordinance
enacted under the provisions of this Act is made effective within the cor-
porate limits of the said Town of Takoma Park, Md.

Chapters 118 and 443 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1922 are hereby repealed, provided, however, that nothing in this