3988 ARTICLE 17.

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 counties, 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 724 of this subtitle.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 29.

748. 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ordinances is hereby repealed, provided however that all ordinances, or-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land of 1922 are hereby repealed, provided, however, that nothing in this
Act shall be taken to abrogate, alter or impair any provision of any exist-
ing contract between the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and
the incorporated towns within the Washington Suburban Sanitary Dis-
trict, or to repeal Section 20 of the Charter of the Town of Takoma Park,
Maryland, as enacted by Chapter 542 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1922.

1927, ch. 448, sec. 30. 1929, ch. 286, sec. 2.

749. If any clause, sentence, part or parte of this Act, or of any Sec-
tion thereof shall be held unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall
not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Act or of any Section
thereof. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed the
remaining parts of this Act or any Section thereof, if it had known such
clause, sentence, part or parts or any Section thereof should be declared
un constitutional.