58 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 18
All matters committed by this Act to the discretion of the Board
of Public Works shall be determined by a majority of said Board.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1962.
Approved March 23, 1962.
CHAPTER 18
(Senate Bill 32)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 721 (a)
of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Natural Resources'", sub-title "Water Resources", sub-head-
ing "In General", relating generally to permits as required for
the construction or repair of reservoirs, dams or waterway ob-
structions, and excluding waste stabilization lagoons in general.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 721 i(a) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-title 'Water
Resources", sub-heading "In General", be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
721.
(a) Permit required. —From and after January 1, 1934, it shall be
unlawful for the State or any agency thereof, any person or persons,
partnership, association, private or public corporation, county, mu-
nicipality or other political subdivision of the State, to construct,
reconstruct or repair any reservoir, dam or waterway obstruction;
or to make or construct, or permit to be made or constructed, any
change therein or addition thereto; or to make, or permit to be made,
any change in, addition to, or repair of, any existing waterway
obstruction; or in any manner to change or diminish the course,
current, or cross-section of any stream or body of water, wholly or
partly, within this State, except the tidal waters, without a permit
from the Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources, in
writing, previously obtained, upon written application therefor to
said Department. Nothing in this sub-section shall be construed to
apply to any dam or obstruction which is ten feet or less in height
above the elevation of the stream bed or waterway, nor shall it
apply to any reservoir with a storage capacity of less than one
million gallons, nor shall it apply to any reservoir to be designed,
constructed and operated as a waste stabilization lagoon under permit
of the State Department of Health, nor shall it apply to any struc-
ture for the impounding of water over non-tidal swamp lands for
the propagation of muskrats.
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.
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