HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 949

All issues in any proceeding under this section shall have
preference over all other civil actions and proceedings.
157 (h) The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City may
provide by ordinance for the enforcement of this Act and
of any ordinance or regulation made thereunder. A vio-
lation of this Act or of such ordinance or regulation is
hereby declared to be a misdemeanor and the Mayor and
City Council of Ocean City may provide for the punishment
thereof by fine or imprisonment or both. It is also em-
powered to provide civil penalties for such violation.

In case any building or structure is erected, constructed,
reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained,
or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of
this Act or of any ordinance or other regulation made
under authority conferred hereby, the proper local authori-
ties of the municipality, in addition to other remedies, may
institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent
such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alter-
ation, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain,
correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy
of said building, structure, or land, or to prevent any ille-
gal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.

157(i) Wherever the regulations made under author-
ity of this Act require a greater width or size of yards,
courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of
building or less number of stories, or require a greater
percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other
higher standards than are required in any other statute
or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regu-
lations made under authority of this Act shall govern.
Wherever the provisions of any other statute or local ordi-
nance or regulation require a greater width or size of
yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower
height of building or a less number of stories, or require
a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose
other higher standards than are required by the regulations
made under authority of this Act, the provisions of such
statute or local ordinance or regulation shall govern.

157(j) The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City
may, from time to time, by ordinance, permit and regulate
amusements, entertainments or games to be held, shown
or played for recreation or profit within the municipality
on Sunday. Sections 560, 571 and 576 of Article 27 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Crimes
and Punishments, " sub-title "Sabbath Breaking, " shall not
apply to Ocean City and shall be repealed insofar as such