776 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 708

of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Crimes and Punishments, " sub-title "Refuse—Throwing
or Dumping, " said new section to be known as Section
551A, to follow immediately after Section 551 of said Ar-
ticle, and to read as follows:

551A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation, either to maintain or permit to be main-
tained outside of any incorporated municipality a junk
yard, a public dump or a lot on which refuse,
trash or junk is deposited or motor vehicles are
dismantled or stored within five hundred (500) feet of
a public highway or within five hundred (500) feet of the
residence of another, or for any person, firm or corporation,
to throw, dump or deposit any trash, junk or other refuse
upon the same, or to dismantle any motor vehicle thereon,
unless said person, firm or corporation shall have obtained
a permit from the County Commissioners of the County in
which said property or lot is situated and, in granting said
permit, said County Commissioners shall prescribe the
conditions under which same shall be operated or main-
tained; and any applicant aggrieved by the refusal of said
county commissioners to issue such permit shall have the
right to appeal to the Circuit Court for that county, provided
that such appeal is taken within ten days from such re-
fusal. Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars
($25, 00) for each such violation, and each day on which
such violation continues shall be considered a separate
offense. And it is further provided that the provisions
hereof shall apply only to Carroll, Cecil, Harford, and Alle-
gany Counties.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 23, 1945.

CHAPTER 708.
(Senate Bill 214)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-
section (17) of Section 7 of Article 81 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Revenue