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dred dollars, shall be erected or constructed in said districts
without a permit in writing, signed by such inspector of build-
ings, 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, and any owner,
agent, builder or contractor who shall erect or undertake the
erection of a building or structure of any kind in said districts
as aforesaid without having obtained a permit as aforesaid,
shall forfeit and pay to the County Commissioners 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 be collected by the said County Commissioners in an
action of debt brought in their name before any justice of the
peace of said county, or by proceedings in equity for the en-
forcement of such lien, and whenever any such inspector of
buildings shall refuse such permit, he shall certify his reasons
therefor in writing to the County Commissioners of Baltimore
county, and the said County Commissioners shall grant or
refuse such permit by an order in writing, and from such order
there shall be an appeal by the person or persons applying for
said permit to the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, the
decision of which court shall be final in the premises, said
appeal to be taken within thirty days from the passage of said
order.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the County Commissioners
of Baltimore county be and they are hereby given full power
and authority to direct in what part of the said districts build-
ings of wood shall be erected, to regulate and establish the size
of bricks and thickness of walls that are to be used in the
houses to be built in said districts or any portion therefor; to
provide for the entry into and examination of all buildings,
lots, yards, enclosures and cars, boats and vehicles of every
description in said districts to ascertain their condition for
health, cleanliness and safety; to provide for the taking down
and removal of buildings, walls, structures or superstructures
in said districts that are or may become dangerous, or to re-
quire owners to move them or put them in a safe and sound
condition at their own expense; to regulate the building and
maintenance of party walls, partitions, fences, parapet and fire