BALTIMORE COUNTY. 551

BUILDING REGULATIONS.

1904, ch. 170, sec. 1. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 21. 1908, ch. 300. 1918, ch. 481, sec. 56.
B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 56. 1928, sec. 63.

63. The assessor of new and missed property in each of the Election
Districts of Baltimore County is hereby constituted the Inspector of
Buildings for said respective districts, and as such shall have all the pow-
ers and duties hereinafter prescribed; provided, that in case at any time
hereafter more than one assessor of new and missed property shall be
appointed for any one of said respective districts, the County Commis-
sioners of Baltimore County shall, at the time of making such appoint-
ment, designate which of said appointees is to serve as Inspector of Build-
ings aforesaid, and if there be no person appointed and qualified as as-
sessor of new and missed property for any of said election districts the
said County Commissioners shall appoint some capable and upright citi-
zen of Baltimore County as Inspector of Buildings for such district, and
such person shall possess the same qualifications and qualify in the same
manner as required of persons appointed to the office of assessor of new
and missed property in such election district. Provided that nothing in
this Act or in any local law of Baltimore County shall be so construed
as to require farmers building in the rural territory of Baltimore County,
to secure permits. This provision, however, is not applicable to the dis-
tricts in which Inspectors of Buildings have been previously created by
existing local laws.

Fulker v. Co. Commrs., 156 Md. 408.

1908, ch. 300, sec. 2. B. Co. C. (1908), sec. 22. 1916, ch. 428. B. Co. C. (1916),

sec. 57. 1928, sec. 64.

64. Hereafter no building or structure of any kind whatsoever, ex-
ceeding in value one hundred dollars, shall be erected or constructed in
said districts without a permit in writing, signed by such Inspector of
buildings, the applicant for such permit to pay to said inspector the
following fees for his services in issuing such permit and his other services
under this Act, to wit: For a building to be erected at a cost of one
thousand dollars or less, a fee of fifty cents, and for buildings to be erected
at a cost of over one thousand dollars, a fee of fifty cents for the first
thousand dollars and an additional fee of fifty cents for each additional
one thousand dollars or fraction thereof, provided that such fees shall in
no case be more than three hundred dollars for the inspection of any one
building or structure or several buildings or structures embraced within
the one plant and covered by one set of plans, and any owner, agent,
builder or contractor who shall erect or undertake the erection of a build-
ing or structure of any kind in said districts as aforesaid without having
obtained a permit as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay to the County Com-
missioners of Baltimore County a fine or penalty of fifty dollars, when
said building is of the value of one thousand dollars or less, and an
additional penalty of twenty-five dollars for each additional thousand
dollars in value, said fine or penalty to be a lien on the building and to