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698 (a) of this article, shall first obtain a license therefor from the
clerk of the Circuit Court of Kent County wherein said person shall
reside. The applicant shall pay the sum of two dollars and fifty cents
($2.50) for such license and, in addition thereto, twenty-five cents
(25c) to the clerk of the Circuit Court for issuing the same. Said
license shall be valid for the calendar year when issued and shall be
exhibited upon demand by any officer of the Commission of Tide-
water Fisheries.

(k) Penalties for violation of this section and rules and regula-
tions of Commission.—Any person violating any provision of this
section and/or the rules and regulations of the Commission of Tide-
water Fisheries shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in
[Section 715 (m) of this article] subsection (m) of this section
unless a specific penalty is prescribed in any subsection, when the
same shall apply.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1,1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 314
(Senate Bill 3)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 13, 14,
17, 18, 19 (b), 19 (n), 23, 27 and 28 of Article 23A of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1960 Supplement),
title "Corporations—Municipal", sub-title "Home Rule", amending
generally the provisions concerning procedural requirements for
amending and revising the charters of municipal corporations,
annexing territory to municipal corporations, and incorporating
municipal corporations, all under the so-called "Home Rule Amend-
ment" in Article HE of the Constitution of Maryland, and re-
lating generally to the charters and government of the several
municipal corporations in Maryland.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 (b), 19 (n), 23, 27 and 28 of Article
23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1960
Supplement), title "Corporations—Municipal", sub-title "Home Rule",
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

13. Initiation by legislative body.

(a) The legislative body of the municipal corporation, by what-
ever name known, may initiate a proposed amendment or amend-
ments to the municipal charter, by a resolution which, except as
otherwise specified in this sub-title, is ordained or passed as in the

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.