258 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 131
distribution such number of copies of any rules and regula-
tions so adopted, as they may deem necessary and proper, and
may require the payment of a reasonable charge for any
printed copies so furnished. A printed certificate by the
Chief Clerk of the County Commissioners that any rules and
regulations have been adopted pursuant to the authority of
this section, and that a copy of the rules and regulations to
which the certificate is attached is a true and correct copy,
shall be deemed and taken as sufficient to permit the intro-
duction of such rules and regulations as prima facie evidence
of their existence in any judicial proceedings. All powers,
privileges, restrictions, duties and discretion vested in or
imposed upon the County Commissioners with respect to the
adoption of any rules or regulations, hereunder, shall apply
with equal force and effect to the change, repeal or amend-
ment of any or all of said rules and regulations, in whole or
in part.
And the said County Commissioners, in addition to any
remedies and penalties otherwise prescribed by law, shall
have the right to enforce its rules and regulations and all
other provisions of the building laws in Howard County, and
prevent infractions thereof by an application to the Circuit
Court for Howard County, in equity, for an injunction, and
a breach or threatened breach or violation of any provision
of the building laws of Howard County, or of said rules and
regulations, shall constitute sufficient cause in itself for the
issuance of such injunction when applied for, and no further
caused need be alleged or shown.
Any person, firm, corporation, or officer of a corporation
who shall violate any rules or regulation promulgated by the
County Commissioners under the authority of this section,
shall be guilty of a disdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than $50. 00 nor more than $500. 00
or imprisoned in jail for not less than ten days nor more
than three months, or both, at the discretion of the Court,
but no conviction hereunder shall in any manner relieve any
person of any other penalties hereunder or the necessity of
compliance with all other applicable rules, regulations and
laws.
33D. The Buildings Engineer of Howard County shall super-
vise the erection, construction, repair, alteration, remodeling,
removal and demolition, of all buildings or structures, or
parts thereof, in Howard County, shall deliver to the Super-
visor of Assessments of Howard County, or such other as-
sessing official as the County Commissioners may from time
to time designate, a copy of all applications for building per-
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