J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            251

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 10, 22 (1) and
34 of Article 66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Zoning and Planning", sub-title "Planning", be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows :

10.

For the purpose of this sub-title certain terms are defined as
provided in this section. Whenever appropriate the singular includes
the plural and the plural includes the singular. "Municipality" or
"municipal" includes or relates to counties, towns, villages or other
incorporated political sub-divisions. "Mayor" means the chief execu-
tive of the political sub-division, whether the official designation
of his office be mayor, city manager or otherwise. "Council" means
the chief legislative body of the political sub-division including
the County Commissioners for Cecil County and including the County
Commissioners of Washington County; and in Washington County
any reference to "chief executive" or to "executive head" shall be
deemed to include a reference to the President of the Board of
County Commissioners. The term "streets" includes streets, avenues,
boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, viaducts and other public ways.
"Subdivision" means the division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land
into two or more lots, plats, sites, or other divisions of land for
the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or of building
development. It includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the
context, relates to the process of resubdividing or to the land or
territory subdivided.

22.

(1) Testimony upon hearing on writ of certiorari. — If, upon
the hearing, it shall appear to the court that testimony is necessary
for the proper disposition of the matter, it may take evidence or
appoint a referee to take such evidence as it may direct and report
the same to the court with his findings of fact and conclusions of
law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which
the determination of the court shall be made. In Washington County
the appeal shall be heard de novo without the intervention of a jury.

34.

(a)  The council may provide by ordinance for the enforcement of
this sub-title and of any ordinance or regulation made thereunder.
A violation of this sub-title or of such ordinance or regulation is
hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and such local legislative
body may provide for the punishment thereof by fine or imprison-
ment or both. It is also empowered to provide civil penalties for
such violation.

(b)  In case any building or structure is erected, constructed,
reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any
building, structure, or land is used in violation of this sub-title or
of any ordinance or other regulations made under authority con-
ferred hereby, the proper local authorities of the municipality, in
addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action
or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction,
reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use,
to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent the oc-