ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 851

way as fully as though it had been originally shown on the
official highway plan of the district or on a plat originally
made by the commission or on a subdivision plat approved
by the commission.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the Commission
is hereby directed to investigate and report with recommenda-
tions to the Maryland Legislature of 1929 as to transportation
service and facilities within the District, the coordination
thereof upon the highways, roads, bridges, railroads, street
railways and other arteries of traffic; the manner of effecting
such co-relationship, and what improvements and new facilities
should be provided for a comprehensive and coordinated de-
velopment of transportation for the District, and the Commis-
sion is further directed to submit to the Maryland Legislature
of 1929 and to succeeding Legislatures any other recommenda-
tions respecting legislation which the Commission, as a result
of its activities, may regard as to the best interests of the
District.

SEC. 18. 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 of the County in which such offense is
committed and shall be brought by warrant or indictment upon
the oath or information of any member of said Commission
or any employee thereof, and the offender shall, upon convic-
tion, be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100. 00)
dollars or thirty clays in the County Jail, or both, in the dis-
cretion of the Court. Where such an act or omission is of a
continuing nature or is persisted in, in violation of the provi-
sions of this Act or of any rule or regulation formulated there-
under, a conviction for 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. 19. And be it further enacted, That for the protection
of the health, morals, safety or welfare of the District, the Com-
mission shall have the power to frame and adopt a plan or plans
for dividing the District into zones or districts, representing
the recommendations of the commission for the limitations
and regulation of the height, the bulk and location including
percentage of lot occupancy, set-back building lines, and area
and dimensions of yards, courts and other open spaces, and