ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 973

eral Laws of Maryland, title "Forestry/' for the purpose of
conferring upon the State Roads Commission authority to
grant permits to place advertisements under conditions along
and upon the State highways.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 151 of Article 39A, of Bagby's Annotated
Code, title "Forestry," as the same was enacted by Chapter
824 of the Acts of 1914, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

Section 15 I. Any person or corporation who in any manner,
paints, puts or fixes any advertisement, sign, notice or other
writing or printing other than notices posted in pursuance of
law, on or to any stone, tree, fence, stump, pole, building or
other structure which is in or upon the public highway or
which is on the property of another, without first obtaining the
written consent of such owner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be punishable by fine of not more
than $10.00, which fine shall be payable to the State Board
of Forestry for the purposes described in this Act; provided,
however, that the State Roads Commission shall have author-
ity at any time to grant to any person or corporation the right
to place advertisements along or upon the public highways of
the State, said advertisement, however, to be used only in con-
junction with direction or danger signals, and subject to such
limitations and restrictions as the State Roads Commission
shall impose at the time of the granting of said permit or there-
after, and said permit in no event to be issued unless the need
for the direction or danger signals to be erected in connection
therewith is clearly demonstrated to the satisfaction of the State
Roads Commission, and any person or corporation doing any
of the things prohibited by this Act under and by virtue of a
permit issued to him or it by the State Roads Commission as
aforesaid shall be immune from prosecution for the commis-
sion of any acts under the terms of this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after June 1st, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 437.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners
of Kent County to borrow upon the faith and credit of