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and he shall accept the remaining one-half of said taxes due by each
taxpayer on or before the first day of May, 1956.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by
a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 11, 1957.

CHAPTER 177

(House Bill 330)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 33C and
33F, as the same were enacted by Chapter 131 of the Acts of 1951,
and Section 33B (b), as the same was amended by Chapter 255 of
the Acts of 1953, of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Howard County", sub-title "Building Regulations",
providing that said sub-title shall apply to all garages; that the
County Commissioners of Howard County may incorporate into
the Building Code of Howard County Standard specifications and
data by reference to standard publications thereof and that build-
ing permits shall not be issued to persons in default under the pro-
visions of said sub-title.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 33C and 33F, as the same were enacted by Chapter 131
of the Acts of 1951, and Section 33B (b), as the same was amended
by Chapter 255 of the Acts of 1953, of Article 14 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Howard County", sub-title "Building
Regulations", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

33B.

(b). Any owner, agent, builder or contractor who shall erect, con-
struct, repair, alter, remodel, remove or demolish, or who shall under-
take the erection, construction, repairing, altering, remodeling, re-
moval or demolition of a building or structure of any kind, or any
part thereof, in Howard County without having obtained a permit as
aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $200.00, or
imprisoned in jail for not less than thirty days nor more than six
months, or both, at the discretion of the Court. No conviction here-
under shall in any manner relieve any person of any other penalties or
the necessity of securing and paying for a permit hereunder and com-
plying with all other applicable rules, regulations and laws. Nothing

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.