ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  891

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition), title "Cecil County, " to be under sub-title "Build-
ing Permits, " said new section to be known as Section 54A,
to follow immediately after Section 54 of said Article, and to
read as follows:

54A. All persons, firms or corporations shall, before erect-
ing or constructing any new building in Cecil County, the
value of which at the time of the completion shall be two
hundred dollars ($200. 00) or more, shall make application to
the Clerk to the County Commissioners of said county for a
permit to erect and construct any such building within the
limits of said county. Any person, firm or corporation desir-
ing to remodel or repair any building within Cecil County
where the value of said repairs or remodeling after completion
shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500. 00), shall make appli-
cation to the Clerk to the County Commissioners for a permit
to do so. The application for the permit to erect or construct
any new building, or to remodel or repair any building, shall
set forth in detail the location of the land, the size and ap-
proximate value of the building or buildings to be erected,
constructed, remodeled or repaired. That the Clerk to the
County Commissioners shall issue such permits, the same to
be issued in the name of the County Commissioners of Cecil
County. That the permit so issued shall set forth the location
of the land upon which the said building is to be erected,
together with a reasonably accurate description of the charac-
ter of the proposed new building or building to be remodeled
or repaired, and the approximate value in either event, and
said permit shall be issued in triplicate, one to the applicant,
one to the Supervisor of Assessments, and one to be retained
in the files of the office of the County Commissioners. Pro-
vided, however, that where incorporated towns require build-
ing permits in said town, and have officials who issue such
permits, the town permits as aforesaid shall be issued, and
only issued, after the county permits herein provided for shall
have been issued for; and the County Commissioners, through
their clerk, shall furnish to said town officials sufficient blanks
to carry out the provisions of this Act. It shall be the duty
of such incorporated town or its officials to issue said permits
in quadruplicate, one copy to be retained by the applicant, one