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erect the same before beginning work thereon, and in such
application to set forth the location, character, materials, pur-
poses and uses of said building, and to obtain, before beginning
work on the same, a permit, printed or written, signed by the
town clerk, on the order of the Mayor and Council, and
entered at length in the minute book, and by ordinance to
prescribe the charge for the issuing of the permit and penal-
ties for erecting or beginning to erect or add to any buildings
without such permit; to provide by ordinance for taking down
and removing any building of wood erected in any part or
section of the town in violation of an ordinance wherein the
erection of buildings of wood are forbidden, and for taking
down and removing any buildings erected without a permit
first had and obtained from the Mayor and Council; to provide
by ordinance for establishing a building line for the erection
on the streets, lanes and thoroughfares of said town or by
order in the case of particular buildings, except that on Harri-
son Street in said town there is hereby established a building
line as follows: For the Easterly building line of Harrison
Street—beginning at a point on the Southerly property line
of the lot belonging to E. McNeal Shannahan (Beech Place)
(now part of Easton) distant at right angles sixty-two and
one-half feet (62½') from the Easterly curb line of Harrison
Street; thence Southwardly in a straight line to a point on the
Northerly side of the right of way of the Baltimore, Chesa-
peake & Atlantic Railway Company distant Eastwardly at
right angles sixty-two and one-half feet (62½') from the East-
erly curb line of Harrison Street; to order the taking down
and removal of any house or building or chimney deemed dan-
gerous and unsafe by the building inspector hereinafter pro-
vided for, and to direct the taking down of the same without
delay.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act; provided,
however, that nothing herein contained shall affect any of the
ordinances, resolutions or proceedings of the Mayor and Coun-
cil of Easton now in force save in so far as the same may be
in conflict with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 2, 1929.