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this section. For the purpose of enforcing this section the presence
or existence of any advertisement or sign upon the public highway
or upon private property adjacent thereto shall constitute prima
facie evidence that said sign was painted, placed, fixed or erected
by direction or with the consent and approval of the party or parties,
his, its or their agent or representative in the State of Maryland,
whose name, business, vocation or merchandise is advertised thereon.
In Kent County AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES the County
Board of Education shall be permitted to exhibit or display in any
form or manner signs or other devices for the purpose of promulgat-
ing the safety of students, on or abutting any road or highway which
passes near any school or school building; provided that such signs
shall not be displayed further than a distance of 300 yards from any
school or school building and provided further that any designation of
the donor shall not comprise a space of more than two square feet on
such sign.

89. Any person, firm, corporation or association which 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 struc-
ture which is in or upon the public highway or which is on the
property of another, without first obtaining the wirtten consent of
such owner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be punishable by fine of not more than $10.00, which fine shall
be payable to the State Board of Forestry for the purposes described
in this section; provided, however, that it shall be illegal for any
person, firm, corporation or association other than the State Roads
Commission or incorporated cities or towns of this State, to display
within three hundred (300) feet of a road, street or highway in this
State a sign bearing the word or words; stop, curve, warning, slow,
danger, listen, look, school or slow, or any other such word or words
used or to be used in directing drivers, and any person, firm, cor-
poration or other association violating this provision shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine of
Fifty Dollars ($50) for the first offense and a fine of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) or thirty days (30) in jail for the second and sub-
sequent offenses. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall prohibit any person, firm, corporation or association, with the
approval of the owner and the State Roads Commission from erecting
a sign or signs to indicate the direction and distance to a specific place
or places designated on said sign or signs. In Kent County AND
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES the County Board of Education shall
be permitted to exhibit or display in any form or manner signs or
other devices for the purpose of promulgating the safety of students,
on or abutting any road or highway which passes near any school
or school building; provided that such signs shall not be displayed
further than a distance of three hundred (300) yards from any
school or school building and provided further that any designation
of the donor shall not comprise a space of more than two (2) square
feet on such sign.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Vetoed by the Governor, April 17, 1957.
Passed over the Governor's Veto, February 5, 1958.
Effective date, June 1, 1958.