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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sioners of such county, for the use of the public schools thereof ;

and upon conviction and failure to pay the fine imposed and

costs of the proceeding, the person so convicted shall be com-

mitted by court or justice who imposed said fine in the county

jail for a period not exceeding ten days.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all Acts and parts of Acts

and all sections and parts of sections of the Code of Public

General Laws or Public Laws now in force in the State of

Maryland inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act

be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 510.

AN ACT to regulate the erection, construction and main-

tenance of private and public buildings in the Twelfth Dis-

trict of Baltimore County, and to authorize and empower

the County Commissioners of said county to adopt rules

and regulations in reference thereto, and to provide for the

appointment and compensation by fees of an Inspector of

Buildings for said district, and to require that the erection

and construction of all buildings in said district shall be made

under his supervision and subject to the regulations of said

County Commissioners, and further to provide for the con-

struction of fire-escapes for school houses throughout Bal-

timore County.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the assessor of new and missed property in the

Twelfth Election District of Baltimore County be and he is

Inspector of

hereby constituted the Inspector of Buildings for said district,

buildings for
a county

and as such shall have all the powers and duties hereinafter

district.

prescribed ; provided, that in case at any time hereafter more

than one assessor of new and missed property shall be ap-

pointed for said district, the County Commissioners shall at

the time of making such appointments designate which of said

appointees is to serve as Inspector of Buildings as aforesaid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That hereafter no building or

Erection of

structure of any kind whatsoever, exceeding in value one hun-

buildings.

dred dollars, shall be erected or constructed in said district