622                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 450

cuted under the authority of this section shall contain a condition
stating specifically the purpose for which the property is leased
and/or the privilege, permit or concession is granted. Any such
lease, contract, privilege or permit shall contain the approval of the
Department of Forests and Parks.

411K. The County Commissioners, or their duly designated
agencies with the approval of the Department of Forests and Parks,
are authorized to sell, convey, transfer, lease, or exchange any land
acquired under this sub-title and deemed by the said County Com-
missioners, their duly designated agencies, and the Department of
Forests and Parks, not to be needed for the purposes of this sub-title.

411L. The County Commissioners, or their duly designated agen-
cies, may make rules and regulations for the government and use
of all land or other property acquired by them under the provisions
of this sub-title. They shall cause these rules and regulations to be
posted on the property to which they apply. Following their promul-
gation, they shall be published at least three (8) times within sixty
(60) days, in one or more newspapers published in the county in
which said land lies, and such posting and publication shall be
sufficient notice to all persons. The sworn certificate of any member
of the County Commissioners, or their duly designated agency, of
such posting and publication shall be prima facie evidence thereof.
Any violation of any such rule or regulation shall be a misdemeanor
punishable as such under the general penalty provisions of this
sub-title.

411M. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this
sub-title, unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable before any
Trial Magistrate, People's Court or Circuit Court of the county in
which the offense is committed. It shall be brought by warrant or
indictment upon the oath or information of any member of the County
Commissioners, their duly designated agencies, or of any employee
thereof. Upon conviction thereof, the offender shall be subject to
a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or to Thirty
(30) days imprisonment in the County Jail, or both, in the discretion
of the Court. If such an act or omission is of a continuing nature,
or is persisted in, in violation of the provisions of this sub-title, or
of any regulation enacted or decision made under the powers granted
in this sub-title, each and every day during which such act or
omission continues or is persisted in shall be deemed a separate
misdemeanor.

411N. The Department of Forests and Parks shall include in its
annual budget a request for funds to be used for the acquisition of
lands within the counties named herein for the purposes enumerated
in this sub-title. These funds, when appropriated, shall be matched
by the respective County Commissioners, or their duly designated
agencies, in acquiring the lands and other properties shown or recom-
mended on the Patuxent River Watershed Plan for the public pur-
poses designated thereon. The Department budget request shall
itemize the Patuxent River Watershed land acquisition program of
each county, or its duly designated agency, showing the total acreage
proposed to be acquired during the coming fiscal year, together with
an estimate of the funds to be made available by each county for
such acquisition.