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porated town or city of any county in this State without first obtain-
ing a permit from the county commissioners of said county. The
county commissioners of the several counties shall have authority to
grant or refuse such permission or to grant the same for such time
and under such rules and regulations as they may deem proper for
the public welfare, and shall also have the right to revoke any such
permit for cause after notice and a hearing. PROVIDED, HOW-
EVER, THAT IN WORCESTER COUNTY ONLY, THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL ALSO APPLY TO ANY
TOURIST CABIN, MOTEL, APARTMENT HOUSE, ROOMING
HOUSE OR OTHER STRUCTURE OR BUILDING TO BE RENTED
TO FOUR OR MORE PERSONS AT ANY ONE TIME.

Any person, firm or corporation establishing, maintaining or oper-
ating any establishment or place as herein described without first
securing said permission, or operating or maintaining same in
violation of the regulations set forth in said permit, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to
a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.) or more than five
hundred dollars ($500.) for each such offense, and such place or
establishment shall also be subject to be abated as a nuisance. Pro-
vided, however, that this section shall only apply to Caroline, Carroll,
Charles, Howard, Frederick, Cecil, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and
Worcester counties.

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

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 717
(House Bill 890)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 132 of
Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Distribution", increasing the
share awarded the surviving husband or widow, in cases where the
intestate left no surviving children or parents but did leave a
brother or sister or child of a brother or sister.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 132 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Distribution",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

132. If there be a surviving husband or a widow, as the case may
be, and no child or descendant of the intestate, but the said intestate
shall leave a father or mother, the surviving husband or widow, as

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.