1280                            Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 783

except as provided by rules and regulations of the State Roads Com-
mission. The Commission is hereby expressly given the authority,
in order to secure the preservation of life and property, to promul-
gate, adopt and from time to time amend rules and regulations pro-
hibiting, restricting and otherwise regulating the transportation of
said articles over said bridges and their approaches and into and
through said tunnel and its approaches. The Commission shall cause
a summary of such rules and regulations to be published at least
once a week for two successive weeks in two newspapers of general
circulation in the State, and the Commission also shall file a copy
of such rules and regulations with the Secretary of State, the Depart-
ment of Legislative Reference, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals
and the Attorney General of Maryland, and in addition shall make
available for distribution, free of charge, copies of said rules and
regulations at its offices in the City of Baltimore and at the Admin-
istration Buildings at each of the aforementioned structures. The
rules and regulations hereby authorized shall become effective fifteen
(15) days after the last notice of publication has appeared, unless
an effective date subsequent thereto is set forth in such rules or
regulations, any statutes to the contrary notwithstanding-:, PRO-
VIDED, HOWEVER, NO SUCH RULE OR REGULATION SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING
THEREON IF ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION RE-
QUESTS SUCH A HEARING AND AT SUCH HEARING THE
PROPONENTS AND THE OPPONENTS OF THE PROPOSED
RULE AND REGULATION SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPOR-
TUNITY TO BE HEARD IN PERSON OR THROUGH COUNSEL.
Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of violating any rule or
regulation promulgated under this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a minimum
of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or a maximum of five hundred
dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed six (6)
months, or both, for the first conviction; and upon a second convic-
tion of said offense shall be fined a minimum of five hundred dollars
($500.00) or a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or
imprisoned for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or both.

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

Approved April 28, 1959.

CHAPTER 783
(House Bill 423)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of
Anne Arundel County, from time to time, to borrow not exceeding
Fourteen Million Dollars ($14,000,000) in order to finance the
construction, acquisition, improvement or extension of public

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.