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Sections 545 and 550, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not to
exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or to imprisonment in jail
for not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both, at the discretion of the
court, for each such offense. Any person convicted of violating any
of the provisions of Sections 545 or 550 of this sub-title shall, for
the first offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) or to imprisonment in jail for not more than nine (9)
months, and for each subsequent such offense shall be sentenced to
pay a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or to
imprisonment in jail for not less than nine (9) months, or both, at
the discretion of the court. If any person, who is required, under the
provisions of Section [530] 531 of this sub-title, to have a permit,
shall make a false statement in his application therefor, he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to
pay a fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of each and every
county of this State and the City of Baltimore, upon application by
the University of Maryland, to prosecute in the court having juris-
diction of the offense, all persons charged with the violation of any
of the provisions of Sections 542 to 554, both inclusive, of this sub-
title, and where appropriate, to institute proceedings in court to
enjoin further such violations.

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

Approved March 21, 1957.

CHAPTER 307
(Senate Bill 374)

AN ACT to add nine new sections to Article 8 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1953 Edition), title "Cecil County",
to be under the new sub-title "Plumbing and Health", said new
sections to be known as Sections 393 to 401, inclusive, requiring
the obtention of a "Sanitary Construction Permit" before begin-
ning construction of any new building or any major addition or
alteration to existing building, establishing procedure for obtain-
ing such permit and fees for same, creating a plumbing inspector
and a County Plumbing Board, and providing for licensing of
plumbers in Cecil County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That nine new sections be and are hereby added to Article 8 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1953 Edition), title "Cecil
County", to be under the new sub-title "Plumbing and Health", staid
new sections to be known as Sections 393 to 401, inclusive, and to
read as follows:

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.