THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR                            29

EACH OF THE TWO HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF MARYLAND, THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT FROM THE
DATE OF ITS PASSAGE.

Vetoed by the Governor, April 17, 1957.

Passed over the Governor's Veto, February 5, 1958.

Effective date February 5, 1957.

CHAPTER 5

(Senate Bill 530)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 363 of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Roadside Trees", and Section
89 of Article 89B of said Code, title "State Roads", sub-title "Road
Signs", providing that the County Board of Education of Kent
County AND QUEEN ANN'S COUNTIES shall be permitted to
display signs to provide for the safety of students and display the
donor's name thereon and providing further for certain restric-
tions thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 363 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Roadside
Trees", and Section 89 of Article 89B of said Code, title "State
Roads", sub-title "Road Signs", be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, and all to read as follows:

363. Any person or corporation who in any manner, paints, puts
or fixes any advertisement, sign, notice or other writing or printing
other than notices posted in pursuance of law, on or to any stone,
tree, fence, stump, pole, building or other structure which is in or
upon the public highway or which is on the property of another,
without first obtaining the written consent of such owner, or who in
any manner procures, directs or induces the painting, fixing or
placing of any advertisement or sign as aforesaid, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punishable by fine
of not more than $10.00 for each separate offense, which fine shall
be payable to the Department of Forests and Parks for the purposes
described in this section; provided, however, that the State Roads
Commission shall have authority at any time to grant to any person
or corporation the right to place advertisements along or upon the
public highways of the State, said advertisements, however, to be
used only in conjunction with direction or danger signals, and subject
to such limitations and restrictions as the State Roads Commission
shall impose at the time of the granting of said permit or thereafter,
and said permit in no event to be issued unless the need for the
direction or danger signals to be erected in connection therewith is
clearly demonstrated to the satisfaction of the State Roads Com-
mission, and any person or corporation doing any of the things pro-
hibited by this section under and by virtue of a permit issued to him
or it by the State Roads Commission as aforesaid shall be immune
from prosecution for the commission of any acts under the terms of

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.