662                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 447

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 447
(Senate Bill 98)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 217 through 227, inclusive, of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Anne Arundel County (1947 Edition),
being Article 2 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Anne
Arundel County", sub-title "Circuit Court", sub-heading "Plats",
and to enact in lieu thereof new Sections 217 through 223, in-
clusive, providing the procedure for the recording of plats of
sub divided property in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Anne Arundel County; and providing for the maintenance and
preservation of such records; providing that the failure of com-
plying with said procedure be deemed a misdemeanor and pro-
viding further a penalty therefor.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 217 through 227 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Anne Arundel County (1947 Edition), being Article 2 of the Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Anne Arundel County", sub-title
"Circuit Court", sub-heading "Plats", be and are hereby repealed,
and Sections 217 through 223, be and are enacted in lieu thereof.

217. Whenever any person, firm or corporation subdivides or
develops, or promotes for subdivision or development, any tract of

land in Anne Arundel County into lots of five acres, or less, such

person, firm or corporation shall prepare a plat of such subdivision
or development in the manner provided in Article 17, Section 72, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supplement), and shall file

with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County one

copy thereof drawn in ink, printed or lithographed upon acceptable
linen tracing cloth, and three copies thereof which must be blue
prints or blue or black line prints on linen. All of such copies shall
be eighteen inches by twenty four inches in size, and shall be

drawn to a scale of 100 feet or less to the inch where the lots shown

are of a size of one acre or less, and to a scale of 200 feet or less

to the inch where the lots or parcels shown are of a size greater than

one acre, except that any plat showing title information only, and

not to be used for the purpose of reference for conveyances, may be

drawn to any convenient scale. At the time of presenting any such

plat for recording, the party presenting the same shall pay to the

said Clerk a recording fee of twenty dollars ($20.00). Promptly

thereafter, the said Clerk shall, in accordance with the provisions of

Article 17, Section 73, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1951)

Edition) send to the Commissioner of Land Office one copy of the

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.