386 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 230
CHAPTER 230.
(House Bill 131)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 67
of Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "State Roads", sub-title "Road Signs",
restricting the erection of signs along public highways.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 67 of Article 89B of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "State Roads", sub-
title "Road Signs", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read as follows:

67. Any person, firm, corporation or association which in
any manner paints, puts or fixes any advertisement, sign,
notice or other writing or printing other than notices posted
in pursuance of law on or to any stone, tree, fence, stump,
pole, building or other structure which is in or upon the
public highway or which is on the property of another, with-
out first obtaining the written consent of such owner, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
punishable by fine of not more than $10. 00, which fine shall
be payable to the State Board of Forestry for the purposes
described in this section; provided, however, that it shall be
illegal for any person, firm, corporation or association other
than the State Roads Commission or incorporated cities or
towns of this State, to display within three hundred (300) feet
of a road, street or highway in this State a sign bearing the
word or words: stop, curve, warning, slow, danger, listen,
look, school or slow, or any other such word or words used
or to be used in directing drivers, and any person, firm, corpo-
ration or other association violating this provision shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall
pay a fine of fifty dollars ($50) for the first offense and a fine
of one hundred dollars ($100) or thirty days (30) in jail for
the second and subsequent offenses. Provided, however, that
nothing herein contained shall prohibit any person, firm, cor-
poration or association, with the approval of the owner and
the State Roads Commission from erecting a sign or signs to
indicate the direction and distance to a specific place or places
designated on said sign or signs.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 3, 1939.