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they shall give their corporate undertaking to abide by and fulfill
any judgment on such appeal or further proceeding.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That every act or omis-
sion designated as a misdemeanor in this Act, unless otherwise
provided, shall be punishable before any Justice of the Peace
or the Circuit Court for Howard County, and shall be brought
by warrant or indictment upon the oath or information of any
member of the said Commissioners of Ellicott City, or any em-
ployee thereof, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be sub-
ject to a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00), or
thirty days in the County Jail, or both, in the discretion of the
Justice of the Peace or the Court. Where such act or omission
is of a continuous nature and is persisted in, in violation of the
provisions of this Act, or any rule or regulation formulated
thereunder, a conviction of one offense shall not be a bar to a
conviction for a continuation of such offense, subsequent to the
first or any succeeding conviction.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the
same are hereby repealed to the extent of their inconsistency,
provided that nothing herein contained shall be taken as affect-
ing Chapter 810 of the Acts of the Maryland Legislature of 1914,
nor as restricting any control which the State Board of Health
of Maryland is empowered to exercise within the corporate

limits of the City of Ellicott City.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the 1st day of June, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 405.

AN ACT to repeal Section 161 as amended by Chapter 299 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1920, of
Staton's Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County,
title Ocean City, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 161 as amended by Chapter 299 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1920, of Staton's
Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so
as to read as follows: