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missioners for the benefit hereof; and further provided that no such
tax exemption shall be granted except to new industries, or to estab-
lished industries [making bona fide substantial improvements or un-
dertaking new construction work]; and further provided that any
and all such tax exemptions shall be matters of public knowledge and
whenever any exemption is granted a notice stating all the details
thereof shall be posted at the most conspicuous place for such notice,
both in the court house and the City Hall of Hagerstown.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 28, 1959.

CHAPTER 722
(House Bill 855)

AN ACT to add new Section 191A to the Code of Public Local Laws
of Washington County (1957 Edition, being Article 22 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Washington Coun-
ty", sub-title "County Commissioners", to follow immediately after
Section 191 thereof, providing for the County Board of Health to
establish and administer a Housing Code and relating generally
to housing in Washington County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 191A be and it is hereby added to the Code of
Public Local Laws of Washington County (1957 Edition, being Ar-
ticle 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Wash-
ington County", sub-title "County Commissioners", said new section
to follow immediately after Section 191 thereof, and to read as
follows:

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
WASHINGTON COUNTY DELEGATION TO THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY SHALL PREPARE BEFORE JUNE 1, 1961, a Hous-
ing Code which Code shall stipulate minimum housing standards in
order to make dwellings fit for human habitation. WITHIN
THIRTY DAYS THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM-
MISSIONERS SHALL BY RESOLUTION ADOPT SAID HOUS-
ING CODE. The Code shall be administered by the County Board
of Health, and they shall have the power to employ and train such
personnel who may be necessary to enforce the provisions of the
Housing Code. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply
to any incorporated town in Washington County.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 28, 1959.

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.