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tion 32, and to follow immediately after Section 31B of
said Article, to be under the new sub-title "Building Per-
mits", providing for building permits to be issued by the
County Commissioners of Charles County and providing
a penalty for violation thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 15 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Charles County", said new section
to be known as Section 32, to follow immediately after
Section 31B of said Article, to be under the new sub-title
"Building Permits", and to read as follows:

Building Permits

82. (a) No construction of new buildings, or additions,
or improvements to existing buildings shall be begun in
Charles County after June 1, 1953, if the cost of such con-
struction is in excess of Six Hundred Dollars ($600), unless
the owner of such premises has first obtained a Building
Permit.

(b) Building Permits shall be issued by the Clerk to the
County Commissioners of Charles County to the owner of
the premises upon which the construction is to take place,
upon payment of a fee of One Dollar ($1. 00).

(c) An owner violating any provision of this sub-title,
or anyone engaged in such construction prior to the issu-
ance of a permit, shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine
not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50).

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 11, 1953.

CHAPTER 496
(House Bill 393)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tions 9, 27, 38, 115(a), 164(a), 194, 195, 196 and 212 of

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
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