1516 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 852

tares for display advertising shall not grant a permit for the
erection or maintenance of any billboard or other similar
structure, sign, poster or display advertising, except direc-
tional and warning signs erected by or with the approval of
the Commission, under the following conditions:

(1) Within a distance of 200 feet of an intersection of a
public highway with another highway or parkway or with a
railroad or street railway, or at any point where it would
obstruct or interfere with the view of a train, locomotive,
street car or other vehicle so approaching such intersection,
or so as to obstruct the view of any such intersection, or in
any manner dangerous to the public.

The State Roads Commission is hereby authorized and em-
powered to reject any application for a permit for any struc-
ture or advertising display which will be so illuminated as to
create a hazard to one operating a motor vehicle upon the state
highway. Any person whose application for a permit shall be
rejected by the State Roads Commission shall have the right
of appeal with trial de novo within ten (10) days to the Cir-
cuit Court of the County where the sign is to be erected.

338. Nothing in this sub-title shall affect any existing
structure or advertising display unless such structure or ad-
vertising display would injuriously affect the safety of public
travel on the State highways by dangerously obstructing the
clear view of the highway by one operating a motor vehicle
thereon, excepting that the permit fee provided for in Section
335 of this sub-title shall be paid therefor beginning on June 1,
1931. Provided, however, that any structure or advertising
display erected and so illuminated as to create a hazard to one
operating a motor vehicle upon the State highway may be
ordered removed by the State Roads Commission after a fifteen
day written notice to the person, firm or corporation owning
or controlling the same, and an opportunity to be heard. Any
person, firm or corporation ordered to remove a sign shall
have the right of appeal within ten (10) days to the Circuit
Court of the County where such sign is erected and trial de
novo, and such appeal shall act as a stay for the execution of
the order of the State Roads Commission.

339. The State Roads Commission is hereby charged with
the administration and enforcement of this sub-title, and in
connection therewith may make and enforce regulations and
orders to carry out its purposes, and it is hereby author-
ized to remove, after fifteen (15) days' written notice given
to the person, firm or corporation owning or controlling the
same, any billboard or other structure, sign, poster or other
advertisement display erected or maintained contrary to the
provisions of this sub-title. All signs removed by the State