1550 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 690

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 988 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County (1943 Edition), being
Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Prince George's County, " sub-title "Maryland-Wash-
ington Regional District, " be and it is hereby repealed and

-re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

988. Each District Council may from time to time amend
its regulations or any regulation, including the maps or
any map; but no such amendment shall be passed unless
the same be first submitted to the Commission for approval,
disapproval or suggestions, and the Commission shall have
been allowed a reasonable time, not less than six months
for consideration and report. Similarly, in the original
zoning regulations enacted by the District Councils, there
shall be no change in or departure from the plan submitted
by the Commission until and unless such change or de-
parture shall first be submitted to the Commission for its
approval, disapproval or suggestions, and the Commission
shall have been allowed a reasonable time, not less than
six months for consideration and report. Before any regu-
lation or regulations authorized by this sub-title may be
passed, the District Council shall hold a public hearing

thereon [and shall give thirty days' notice of the time and
place thereof in two newspapers of general circulation
respectively in the county in which the property is located]
and shall give notice of the time and place thereof by one
insertion in two newspapers of general circulation re-
spectively in the county in which the property is located,
said insertions shall appear in said newspaper at least
thirty days prior to the date of hearing but not more than
38 days before the date of the hearing, and during said
thirty days the text or copy of the text of the regulations,
together with the map or maps forming part of or referred
to in the regulations shall be on file for public examination
in the office of the clerks of the County Commissioners of
said county. The cost of advertising in connection with
publication of proposed amendments in the zoning regula-
tions or maps shall be paid by the persons or corporations
making application for such changes.

Each District Council is empowered to include in its
regulations provisions for additional notice of the public
hearing on any proposal for amendment of its zoning plan
or regulations to be given the owners (as they appear on
the assessment rolls of the county) of properties adjoining
or across the road from or in the same block as or in the
general vicinity of the properties involved in the proposed