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But if in effect nothing shall pass by such devise, she shall not be
thereby barred whether she shall or shall not renounce as aforesaid.
In such case the widow shall take one-third of the lands as an heir
and one-third of surplus personal estate (if the deceased husband
shall be survived by descendants); and one-half the lands as an
heir and one-half the surplus personal estate (if the deceased hus-
band shall not be survived by descendants, but shall be survived by
father or mother); and [two] four thousand dollars or its equiva-
lent in property, or any interest therein at its appraised value, and
one-half of the residue of the lands as an heir and one-half of the
surplus personal estate remaining (if the deceased husband shall not
be survived by descendants or a father or a mother, but shall be sur-
vived by a brother or sister or a child or descendant of a brother or
sister) and no more.

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

Approved February 16, 1959.

CHAPTER 21
(Senate Bill 34)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 669 of
Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1957 Edition),
title "Health", sub-title "Sanitary Districts", clarifying the lan-
guage of the law which prescribes penalties for certain violations
of the Act relating to sanitary districts in this state.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 669 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
(1957 Edition), title "Health", sub-title "Sanitary Districts", be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

669. Penalty.

Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this sub-
title, unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable by any trial
magistrate or the circuit court of the county within which such
offense is committed, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be sub-
ject to a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or to
confinement for not more than thirty (30) days in the county jail,
or both, in the discretion of the magistrate or circuit court. Where
such [costs] act or omission is of a continuing nature and is persisted
in, in violation of the provisions of this sub-title or of any rule or
regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall
not be a bar to the conviction for a continuation of such offense sub-
sequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

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.