648                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 507

104. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State [to publish
from time to time a manual of the State of Maryland.] to issue
every two years a manual of the State of Maryland, said Manual to
be compiled, edited and printed by the Hall of Records Commission.

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

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 507
(House Bill 826)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, WITH AMENDMENTS, Section
163 of the Howard County Code (1957 Edition, being Article 14
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Howard
County", sub-title "Planning and Subdivision Control", providing
that where water mains and appurtenances or sewerage facilities
are to be installed in a subdivision, the applicant shall be required
to deliver to the Howard County Metropolitan Commission a certi-
fied check for the amount of the actual cost of engineering, super-
vision, construction and installation thereof, and shall not file a
corporate surety bond in lieu of said certified check.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 163 of the Howard County Code (1957 Edition, being
Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "How-
ard County", sub-title "Planning and Subdivision Control", be, and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

163. Regulations; What to Include; Procedure.

(a)  Before exercising the powers referred to in Section 162 the
Howard County Planning Commission shall prepare regulations gov-
erning the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. Such regula-
tions may provide for the proper arrangement of streets, in relation
to other existing planned streets and to the master plan, for adequate
and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of fire-fighting
apparatus, recreation, health, light and air, and for the avoidance
of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of
lots.

(b)   Such regulations may include provision as to the extent to
which streets and other ways shall be graded and improved and to
which water and sewer and other utility water mains, piping, or
other facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to the ap-
proval of the plat. The regulations or practice of the Planning Com-
mission may provide for a tentative approval of the plat previous to

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.