WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 93

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland as the same was en-
acted by Chapter 731 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1947, title "Corporations — Municipal", said new section to
be known as Section 4, to follow immediately after Section 3
of said Article and to read as follows:

4. The legislative body of every incorporated municipality
in this state except Baltimore City by whatever name known
shall have the power by ordinance or resolution to adopt a
fire prevention code to provide for protection against fires
and the removal of fire hazards, to provide for the appoint-
ment of inspectors for the enforcement thereof and to provide
penalties for the violation of any lire prevention code or any
ordinance, resolution or regulation for the prevention of fires
or the removal of fire hazards. Said Fire Prevention Code
may incorporate by reference any code or part thereof pre-
pared by any governmental agency or any trade or profes-
sional association for general distribution in printed form as
a standard or model on any subject relating to fire prevention,
fire hazards or flammable or dangerous substances, provided
that subsequent amendments to any such model or standard
code shall not be effective until specifically incorporated into
such Fire Prevention Code.

No code, ordinance or resolution shall be adopted by said
legislative body under the powers conferred by this section
until a summary of such proposal has been advertised in one
or more newspapers of general circulation in said munici-
pality not less than three weeks with a date specified therein
giving an opportunity for hearing any protest or objection to
it and stating that copies of such proposed code, ordinance
or resolution may be obtained on application to the clerk of
said incorporated municipality.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of
the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved June 1, 1948.

CHAPTER 40

(House Bill 4)

AN ACT making an emergency appropriation for the payment
of the expenses of the General Assembly of Maryland for
the Extraordinary Session of 1948.