186 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 149

242E, inclusive, to follow immediately after Section 242 of said
Article, and to read as follows:

242A. No person shall, in Charles County, construct or re-
construct a cesspool, a septic tank, privy or other plant for
the disposal of human excreta for any dwelling!, apartment
house, store, or other building occupied either for dwelling
or business purposes without first obtaining a permit from the
County Board of Health of Charles County; except those
privies which are located more than 500 feet from any prop-
erty other than that of the owner of the privy. Application
for said permit shall be in writing, and as a part thereof shall
contain detailed plans and specifications of the disposal sys-
tem which it is proposed to construct or install; and no permit
to construct or install shall be issued by said County Board
of Health under this section until the application has been
referred to the County Health Officer and until he has ap-
proved the said system as one which can be maintained with-
out nuisance or danger to public health. No permit shall be
issued to construct or install any said disposal system, every
part of which, except where joints are leaded, is not at least
fifty feet from any well or spring which is used, or likely to
be used, by man as a source of drinking water or for domestic
use: (and provided further that no fee shall be required for
the issuance of a permit to reconstruct or remodel existing
sewage disposal plants).

242B. Whenever any permit to construct or reconstruct a
sewage disposal system has been issued, such system shall not
be used or maintained for sewage until the person construct-
ing, installing, or reconstructing the same has notified the
County Health Officer of the completion of said system and
until the County Health Officer, or his representative, shall
have inspected and approved the same as complying with the
plans and specifications contained in the application; pro-
vided, that in the case of sub-soil irrigation systems such notice
shall be given and such inspection made before the system is
covered or filled over with soil.

242C. Any person who shall violate or aid or abet in vio-
lating any of the provisions of this sub-title shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100. 00),
or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than
ninety days, or both.

242D. Prosecutions under this sub-title shall be before a
Trial Magistrate of said County.

242E. Nothing in this sub-title shall be construed to repeal
or affect any powers of the State Department of Health tinder