THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     991

the specific enforcement of said Public Works Agreement and for
injunctive relief to prohibit the sale or other disposition of any land
which forms a part of the subdivision to which said Public Works
Agreement pertains, pending the outcome of such litigation.

469. The Office of Planning may withhold its endorsement of a
building permit application for a reasonable period of time, pending
clarification of the approval status of the subdivision wherein the
lot is located. It may also so delay its endorsement in a case where
the location of the proposed building indicates a conflict with an
element of the Master Plan, so as to give an opportunity for negotia-
tion for public acquisition of the site.

470. The prospective purchaser, prospective mortgagor, or any
other person interested in any land which forms part of a subdivision,
or which, since the first day of October, 1955, formed part of such a
subdivision, may apply in writing to the proper official or, if said
official is unknown to the applicant, then to the Clerk of the County
Commissioners for the issuance of a certificate certifying whether or
not such subdivision has been approved by the Planning Board. Such
application shall contain a diagram showing the location and dimen-
sion of the land to be covered by the certificate and the name of the
owner thereof.

471.    The Board of County Commissioners shall, by resolution,
designate its Clerk, or some other County official as the official who
shall make and issue such certificates, and the official so designated
shall issue such certificate within 15 days after the receipt of such
written application and the fees therefor. Said officials shall keep
a duplicate copy of each certificate, consecutively numbered, including
a statement of the fees charged, in a binder as a permanent record
of his office.

472.    Each such certificate shall be designated a "certificate as to
approval of subdivision of land", and shall certify:

(a)  That there exists in Baltimore County a duly established Plan-
ning Board which meets regularly on a monthly or more frequent
basis and that there is an ordinance controlling subdivision of land,
adopted under the authority of this sub-heading.

(b)  Whether the subdivision or resubdivision, as it relates to the
land shown in said application has been approved by the Planning
Board, and, if so, the date of such approval.

(c)   Whether such subdivision or resubdivision, if the same has
not been approved, is exempt from the requirement of approval as
provided in this sub-heading.

473.    The official designated shall be entitled to demand and
receive for each such certificate issued by him a reasonable fee. The
fees so collected by such official shall be paid by him to the County.

474.    Any person who shall acquire for a valuable consideration
an interest in the lands covered by any such certificate of approval
of a subdivision in reliance upon the information therein contained
shall hold such interest free of any right, remedy or action which
could be prosecuted or maintained by the County pursuant to the
provisions of this sub-heading.