HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1511

tinuance of existing uses and to permit limited trade or com-
mercial uses of designated streets or blocks within residence
areas, and including the power to summon and compel the
attendance of witnesses.

Any person, persons, taxpayer, officer, department, board or
bureau of the County, jointly or severally, aggrieved by any
decision of the Comity Commissioners of Baltimore County,
may, within thirty days after the filing of such decision in the
office of the County Commissioners, appeal to the Circuit Court
for Baltimore County.

The said Court shall hear all such appeals de novo and shall
have power to affirm the decision of the County Commissioners
of Baltimore County, or reverse the same, in whole or in part,
and may remand any case for the entering of a proper order
or for further proceedings, as the Court shall determine.

All issues in any proceeding under this section shall have
preference over all other civil actions and proceedings.

The County Commissioners shall keep in a separate book
all rules, regulations and restrictions adopted by them from
time to time under the authority of this Act, and any amend-
ments or supplements thereto, and shall cause copies to be
printed and made available for general distribution. Any
such printed copy, together with any amendments and sup-
plements, when certified as accurate by the Chief Clerk of the
County Commissioners, shall be deemed prima facie evidence
thereof in any judicial proceeding in the State.

Any violation of regulations and restrictions adopted pur-
suant to this Act shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine
not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00), or by imprison-
ment not to exceed thirty days, or both fine and imprisonment.
Any person who shall violate such regulations and restric-
tions shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every
day that such violation shall continue. Any person whose
property is affected by any violation, including abutting and
adjacent property owners, whether specially damaged or not,
may maintain an action in the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County for an injunction enjoining the erection, construction,
reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, struc-
tures and land in violation of regulations and restrictions
adopted pursuant to this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts
of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the event that
any part of this Act should be found to be invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of the Act shall
continue in full force and effect.