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ing shall be given to the appellant by mail at the address as specified by
the appellant in his appeal petition, and shall be published in a newspaper
of general circulation in the district.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 12.

731. In the performance of the functions and duties of the Commis-
sion, any member thereof or any employee or agent thereof shall have the
right to enter at all reasonable hours upon any private premises and into
any building in the District or in those portions of Montgomery and
Prince George's Counties outside of the District and to make examina-
tions and surveys and to place and maintain necessary monuments and
marks thereon. Any restraint or hindrance offered to such entry, exam-
ination, survey or placing or maintenance of monuments or marks by any
owner or tenant or agent of said owner or tenant shall be a misdemeanor
punishable under Section 602 of this subtitle.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 13.

732. The Commission may make rules and regulations for the govern-
ment and use of all land or other property acquired by it or under its care,
and shall cause such rules and regulations to be posted on the property to
which they apply, and shall also cause the same to be published at least
three times within the sixty days following their promulgation, in one or
more newspapers published in the District, and such posting and publica-
tion shall be sufficient notice to all persons. The sworn certificate of any
member of the Commission of such posting and publishing shall be prima
facie evidence thereof. Any violation of any such rule or regulation shall
be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 737 of this subtitle.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 14. 1929, ch. 286, sec. 14.

733. No plat or plan of any subdivision of land into streets, avenues,
alleys, lots and blocks in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties with-
in the District, shall be admitted to the Land Records of either of said
counties, or received or recorded by the clerks of the courts of said coun-
ties until the said plat or plan has been approved in writing by the Com-
mission. The Commission shall require payment from each person or per-
sons submitting a plat for its approval a fee in an amount approximately
equal to the cost of the services rendered by it in connection with con-
sideration of the plat and work incident thereto, which fee, however, in
no case shall be less than $25.00 and which shall be paid before said plat
is approved or disapproved, and carried into the administrative fund of
the Commission provided for in Section 589 of this subtitle. After such
approval and upon receipt of such plat by the Clerk of the Circuit Court
every such plat shall be firmly fixed in a well bound book to be kept by
the Clerk of the Court for the purpose of recording plats and for the
recording of which the clerk shall receive such fee as he shall determine
to be fair and reasonable.
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