942 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 694

tion therewith, as the County Commissioners of Baltimore
County may determine from time to time to be reasonable
and proper,, and said County Commissioners are hereby author-
ized to levy such sum or sums on the assessable property of
Baltimore County as shall be necessary to pay said salaries
and expenses.

64. The County Commissioners of Baltimore County are
hereby authorized and empowered to fix a schedule of fees or
charges for the issuance of permits for the erection, construc-
tion, repair, alteration, remodeling, removal or demolition, of
any buildings or structures, or parts thereof, in Baltimore
County, and from time to time to increase or decrease any of
such fees or charges as it may deem proper and necessary:
After the effective date of this Act, no building or structure of
any kind, or part thereof, shall be erected, constructed, re-
paired, altered, remodeled, removed or demolished, in Balti-
more County without first obtaining a permit in writing signed
by the Buildings Engineer of Baltimore County, and paying
the requisite fee or charge therefor. The Buildings Engineer of
Baltimore County shall provide application forms which shall
contain such requests for information as he may determine to
be necessary. No application for a permit shall be considered
and no permit granted unless and until all information re-
quired by the Buildings Engineer is supplied, and plans and
specifications showing the nature and character of the work
to be done and of the building or structure, or portion thereof,
to be erected, constructed, repaired, altered, remodeled, re-
moved, or demolished, provided that it shall not be necessary
to file plans and specifications in connection with any appli-
cation for a permit for work costing less than $100. 00, nor
where such filing is waived for cause by the Buildings Engi-
neer. The Buildings Engineer shall account for and pay over
monthly to the Treasurer of Baltimore County all funds re-
ceived from the issuance of permits, which said monies shall
be expended by the County Commissioners of Baltimore County
as a part of the general funds of said County. Whenever the
Buildings Engineer shall refuse to grant a permit to an appli-
cant, he shall certify his reasons therefor in writing to the
County Commissioners of Baltimore County, and the said
County Commissioners shall grant or refuse such permit by an
order in writing. Within fifteen days, and not longer, after an
order refusing an application for a permit, the applicant shall
be entitled to appeal to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County,
which Court, sitting without a Jury, shall hear and determine
all matters relating to the application de novo, and the decision
of said Court shall be final. Such appeal shall be instituted