HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 943

by filing in said Court a petition, a copy of which shall be
served on the County Commissioners of Baltimore County,
which said petition shall set forth in clear and concise terms
the grounds for the appeal. The County Commissioners shall
promptly certify and file in Court a complete transcript of
the record in the case, upon payment of all costs for prepara-
tion of same by the appellant.

Any owner, agent, builder or contractor who shall erect,
construct, repair, alter, remodel, remove or demolish, or who
shall undertake the erection, construction, repairing, altering,
remodeling, removal or demolition of a building or structure
of any kind, or any part thereof, in Baltimore County without
having obtained a permit as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less
than f 100. 00 nor more than $1, 000. 00, or imprisoned in jail for
not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both,
at the discretion of the Court. No conviction hereunder shall
in any manner relieve any person of any other penalties or the
necessity of securing and paying for a permit hereunder and
complying with all other applicable rules, regulations and laws.

65. The County Commissioners of Baltimore County are
hereby given full power and authority to direct in what parts
of Baltimore County buildings of wood may be erected, and to
regulate, restrain or prohibit, in its discretion, the erection of
buildings or structures of wood, frame or wood composition,
within the present limits of Baltimore County or any thickly
populated portion thereof and to remove the same at the
owner's expense as herein provided, when erected or suffered
to remain contrary to law or such regulations as they may
adopt; to regulate and establish the size of bricks and thick-
ness of walls that are to be used in buildings and structures,
or parts thereof, to be built or re-built in Baltimore County; to
provide for the entry into and examination of all buildings,
lots, yards, enclosures and cars, boats and vehicles of every
description to ascertain their condition for health, cleanliness
and safety; to take down and remove, or make safe and secure,
any and all buildings, walls, structures, or superstructures,
at the expense of the owners thereof, that are or may become
dangerous or that are erected or suffered to remain contrary
to law or such regulations as they may adopt, or to require
said owners or agents to take down and remove them, or put
them in a safe and sound condition, all at their own expense;
to make any and all expenses and costs incurred by the County
Commissioners of Baltimore County in, about, and by reason
of the taking down and removal, or the making safe and secure
of all buildings, walls, structures, or superstructures, as afore-
said, a lien upon the land or improvements, or both, and to