WM. PRESTON LANE,, JR., GOVERNOR. 1393

that portion; and the said notice shall be published in one
or more newspapers of general circulation, therein.

The sub-division regulations heretofore adopted by the
Commission and now in effect within the respective portions
of the District in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties
shall be deemed to have been adopted in accordance with the
foregoing provisions; and the said regulations shall apply re-
spectively within the portions of the District within each
county as the same are now or may hereafter be defined
by law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 2-HH. of
the Maryland-Washington Regional District Act, enacted by
Chapter 992 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, passed at its January Session in the year 1943, as said
section was repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, by
Chapter 762 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, passed at its January Session in the year 1947, and as
said section appears for convenience of reference as Section
757 of Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1947 Edition), title "Montgomery County", sub-title
"Maryland-Washington Regional District", and as Section
1003 of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1943 Edition), title "Prince George's County", sub-
title "Maryland-Washington Regional District", be and the
same is hereby further repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments to read as follows:

2-HH. The Commission is hereby authorized, empowered,
and directed to regulate through rules and regulations, which
shall be uniform in the respective portions of the District in
Montgomery and Prince George's counties, the construction,
improvement, and demolition of all types of buildings within
the District as it may deem necessary; to regulate and estab-
lish the size of bricks and thickness of walls that are to be
used in the houses to be built in said District or any portion
thereof; to provide for the entry into and examination of
all buildings, lots, yards and enclosures and cars, boats, and
vehicles of every description in said District to ascertain
their condition for health, cleanliness, and safety; to provide
for the taking down and removal of buildings, walls, struc-
tures, or superstructures in said District that are or may
become dangerous, or to require owners to move them or to
put them in a safe and sound condition at their own ex-
pense; to regulate the building and maintenance of party
walls, partitions, fences, parapet and fire walls, smoke flues,
fire places, hot-air flues, boilers, kettles, smoke stacks, and
stove pipes in said District, and the storage of gasoline and