1576 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 692

(1) Agricultural, (2) Undeveloped, (3) Residential, whether
improved or unimproved, and (4) Industrial or Business.
Property classified as (1) Agricultural and property classified
as (2) Undeveloped shall not be assessed for tax purposes
under the provisions of this Act, so long as it remains so classi-
fied. Within thirty days prior to making the next annual tax
levy under this Act, the County Commissioners shall give notice
of their intention to classify property as herein provided and
shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, and such fur-
ther hearings as may be necessary to afford every owner of
affected property the right to be heard with respect to such
proposed classification. And within thirty days prior to mak-
ing succeeding annual levies under this Act the County Com-
missioners shall give notice of their intention to reclassify any
property which in their judgment should be reclassified and
shall hold at least one hearing before such change in classifi-
cation is made. With respect to both the original classification
and the re-classification of property as herein provided, the
required notices shall be given and the required hearings shall
be held in the manner prescribed in Section 8 of this Act.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That every Act or
omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Act, unless
otherwise provided, shall be punishable before the Circuit
Court of Montgomery County or the Police Justice at Rock-
ville, shall be brought by warrant or indictment upon the
oath or information of any member of the Board of County
Commissioners or any employee thereof, and the offender shall,
upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding one hun-
dred ($100) dollars or thirty days in the County Jail, or both,
in the discretion of the Court. Where such an act or omission
is of a continuing nature or is persisted in in violation of the
provisions of this Act or of any ordinance, rule, or regulation
promulgated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not
be a bar to a conviction for a continuation of such offense sub-
sequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That if any clause,
sentence, part or parts of this Act, or of any section thereof,
shall be held to be unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality
shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this act
or of any section thereof. The Legislature hereby declares
that it would have passed the remaining parts of this act or
any section thereof, if it had known such clause, sentence,