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and expenses, but that the same shall be paid to them by and from
the fees received for the examination and certificates hereinbefore
provided for; and provided further, that the said board shall keep
a strict account of all fees received for such purposes, and quarterly,
under oath or affirmation, return such statement to the Comptroller
of the State Treasury; and whenever the amount is in excess of the
salaries and expenses hereinbefore provided for they shall forward
such excess to said Comptroller, and they shall keep a certificate
book with the certificate therein duly numbered and of which to each
certificate there is a corresponding stub to be filled in to correspond
in all respects to the certificate issued, and subject to the inspection
of the Comptroller, when he may deem the same necessary. Provided,
however, this sub-title shall only apply in Baltimore City.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 18, 1955.

CHAPTER 479
(House Bill 171)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 566 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1954 Supplement),
title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "Refuse—Throwing or
Dumping/' relating to the counties wherein junk yards are pro-
hibited in certain areas.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 566 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1954 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title
"Refuse—Throwing or Dumping," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows :

566. Public dumps or junk yards outside of municipalities.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either to
maintain or permit to be maintained outside of any incorporated
municipality a junk yard, a public dump or a lot on which refuse,
trash or junk is deposited or motor vehicles are dismantled or stored
within five hundred (500) feet of a public highway or within five
hundred (500) feet of the residence of another, or for any person,
firm or corporation, to throw, dump or deposit any trash, junk or
other refuse upon the same, or to dismantle any motor vehicle there-
on, unless said person, firm or corporation shall have obtained a per-
mit from the county commissioners of the county in which said prop-
erty or lot is situated, or from any agency or department having
zoning or planning powers over the particular area; and, in granting
said permit, said county commissioners, zoning agency or department

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.