WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1867

359. That the County Commissioners of Howard County are
hereby empowered to designate within said county a certain
place, or places, to be used as taxi-stands and to require such
taxicabs, when not in use carrying a passenger or passengers,
to remain at said taxi-stand so designated, and the said
County Commissioners are further empowered to pass such
rules and regulations limiting or prohibiting cruising along
the public streets or highways by such taxicab or taxicabs,
where such cruising may menace public safety or unduly con-
gest traffic.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,, That if any provision,
clause, sentence, phrase or part of this Act, or the application
thereof to any person, firm, corporation or circumstance, is
held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of
such provisions to other persons, firms and corporations and
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 760.
(House Bill 460)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 35,
Title V of Article 66B, sub-title "Zoning and Planning", of
the Public General Laws of Maryland, as amended, the pur-
pose of the amendment being to make the provisions of the
said Article applicable to the Maryland-Washington Re-
gional District, as the same is now or may hereafter be de-
fined by law, and to Prince George's County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 35, Title V of Article 66B, sub-title "Zoning
and Planning", of the Public General Laws of Maryland, as
amended, be, and the same is, hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

35. (Conflict With Other Laws.) Wherever the regulations
made under authority of this sub-title require a greater width
or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a
lower height of building or less number of stories, or require
a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied or impose