508 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 502

(h) The County Commissioners shall keep in a separate book
all rules, regulations and restrictions adopted by them from
time to time under the authority of this Act, and any amend-
ments or supplements thereto, and shall cause copies to be
printed and made available for general distribution. Any such
printed copy, together with any amendments and supplements,
when certified as accurate by the Chief Clerk of the County
Commissioners, shall be deemed prima facie evidence thereof in
any judicial proceedings in the State.

The County Commissioners shall have the power to employ
or authorize the employment of such officials, engineers, steno-
graphers, secretaries or other assistants necessary for the
proper administration of regulations and restrictions adopted
under the authority of this Act; to pay, or provide for the pay-
ment of salaries and expenses incurred in connection there-
with; to impose reasonable charges and fees for service ren-
dered by the administrative officials, and to" levy taxes for the
payment of salaries and expenses herein authorized.

(i) Any violation of regulations and restrictions adopted
pursuant to this Act shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) or by im-
prisonment not to exceed thirty days, or both fine and im-
prisonment. Any person who shall violate such regulations
and restrictions shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense
for every day that such violation shall continue.

(j) The County Commissioners, the Zoning Commissioner
and the Board of Zoning Appeals, or any of them, or any per-
son whose property is affected by any violation, including abut-
ting and adjacent property owners, whether specially damaged
or not, may maintain an action in the Circuit Court for Balti-
more County for an injunction enjoining the erection, con-
struction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of build-
ings, structures and land in violation of regulations and re-
strictions adopted pursuant to this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts
of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in the event that
any part of this Act should be found to be invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of this Act shall
continue in full force and effect.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency Jaw and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed upon by yea and nay vote, supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of