ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 197
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince
George's County, " said new section to be under a new sub-title
entitled "Cemeteries, " to be known as Section 80A, to follow
immediately after Section 80 of said Article, and to read as
follows:
80A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-
tion to establish or maintain in the seventeenth (17) election
district of Prince George's County (said election district be-
ing commonly known as the Chillum election district) a ceme-
tery or graveyard for the burial of human bodies without the
written permission, first obtained of the County Commissioners
of said county. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than five thousand
($5, 000) dollars. The County Commissioners shall also have
all the powers by way of injunction, which the law gives, to
prevent the establishment or maintenance or to cause the re-
moval when once established or maintained of a cemetery or
graveyard, sought to be established or maintained, or actually
established and maintained, without the written permission of
the County Commissioners obtained as aforesaid.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1924.
Approved April 9, 1924.
CHAPTER 97.
AN ACT to authorize the Board of Education of Prince
George's County and the County Commissioners of Prince
George's County to issue serial bonds of said county to the:
amount of not more than three hundred and thirty-five thou-
sand dollars ($335, 000. 00), for the purpose of acquiring
sites for certain new school houses and for building certain
new school houses in said county, and for building additions
to or making alterations to existing school houses therein,
and for equipping such new or improved school houses, said
bonds to be issued from time to time in the joint discretion
of said Boards; and to authorize and direct the County
Commissioners of Prince George's County to lew such tax
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