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of any subdivision plat and for public hearings on such ap-
plications.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That whoever, being the
owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a sub-
division, transfers or sells any land by reference to or exhibi-
tion of or by other use of a plat of a subdivision, before such
plat has been approved by the Commission and recorded or
filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the
County in which the property is located, shall forfeit and pay
to the District Council a penalty of f 100 for each lot or parcel
so transferred or sold; and the description of such lot or
parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or
other document used in the process of selling or transferring
shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties or from
the remedies herein provided. The District Council may en-
join such transfer or sale or agreement by action for injunc-
tion brought in any court of equity jurisdiction or may recover
the said penalty by a civil action in any court of competent
jurisdiction.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That no clerk of the
Circuit Court of Montgomery or Prince George's County shall
receive for filing or recording or record any plat of a sub-
division of land within the District unless such plat has en-
dorsed thereon in writing the approval of the Commission.
In the event any such plat not so approved is recorded after
the passage of this Act such plat is invalid and the Commis-
sion shall have the right to institute proceedings against the
Clerk to compel the plat to be stricken from the land records
of the county, and for such purpose any court of competent
jurisdiction is hereby granted jurisdiction to issue appropriate
orders.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Commission
is hereby given authority to establish grades for all roads
within the District. Until such grade is established by the
Commission, no grading of a permanent nature shall be made,
and any such unauthorized grading by any State, municipal
or county officer or employee or any private person is hereby
declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as provided in
Section 27 of this Act.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the council of a
municipality within the District or the County Commissioners
of Montgomery or Prince George's County or any other State,
county, district, municipal or local board or body or officer
authorized by law to accept, construct, establish, lay out, open,
improve, grade regrade, pave, curb or light or lay or authorize