HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1963

And further provided, that prior to such probate in Mont-
gomery County and perfecting of the title, the said Maryland-
National Capital Park and Planning Commission shall have
authority to make a preliminary survey for the ascertainment
of the boundaries aforesaid and may enter upon the property
and take possession for the purpose of protecting the same,
and for the purpose of taking such other steps as may be
advantageous and necessary in the discretion of the Com-
mission.

XIV. For the purpose of removing confusion due to a dupli-
cation of street names and in order to secure a uniformity of
street names and numbering of houses, the Commission is hereby
authorized and empowered to name and re-name any street or
highway and to number and re-number the houses within the
boundaries of the District. The said Commission shall have the
power to correct mistakes and to change existing names of
streets and highways, and to re-name said streets and highways
from time to time and to place or to have placed proper signs
showing or indicating the names of streets and highways, and
shall also have the power to change existing numbers of houses
and to change said numbers from time to time, provided each
new number or change of number is reported to the owner or
occupant of the building, and to place or have placed the new
numbers on the building or premises. The said Commission
shall also have the power to make reasonable rules and regula-
tions for carrying out any of the changes in street or highway
names or numbers of houses, and any violation of. said rules
and regulations shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be
punishable before the proper Justice of the Peace or the Circuit
Court of the county in which the offense shall be committed
and the. offender shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine
not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) or thirty (30)
days in the County Jail, or both, in the discretion of the Court.
Where such an act or omission is of a continuing nature, or is
persisted in, in violation of the provisions of this section
or of any rule or regulation formulated thereunder, a convic-
tion for any offense shall not be a bar to a conviction for a
continuation of such offense subsequent to the first or any
succeeding conviction.

For the purpose of paying the costs and expenses in carrying
out the provisions of this Section the Commission is hereby
authorized in its discretion to appropriate and expend any
surplus, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from fees for
building permits issued in each county respectively, now on
hand or which may hereafter be collected.

XV. The Commission be and it is hereby authorized and
directed, whenever in its judgment it is necessary to provide for