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regulations for the issuance of building permits to be required prior
to the construction or improvement of any building; and any such
code shall prescribe standards of construction, maintenance, and re-
pair, covering structural safety, fire prevention requirements, light
and ventilation, and proper means of ingress and egress. The housing
code, if adopted, shall provide and prescribe regulations and stand-
ards for human habitation, covering sanitation, density of occupancy,
open space requirements, rodent infestation, and human standards of
occupancy.

A building code and a housing code, if either is adopted, and all
regulations thereunder, shall be designed to assure and protect the
public health, safety, comfort, and moral and economic welfare. They
may include provisions for enforcement, including the appointment
and maintenance of inspectors and including penalties for a violation
of either a code or the regulations thereunder.

Any such code may incorporate by reference a portion or all, if
applicable, of either a building code or a housing code, as the case
may be, issued or proposed and made available for general circula-
tion by any governmental agency or by any trade or professional
association; but any subsequent amendment to or change in whatever
is adopted by reference shall not be effective in Harford and Allegany
[County] Counties until and unless it is specifically incorporated
therein by action of the Board of County Commissioners.

All buildings on a farm and on any premises devoted solely to agri-
cultural pursuits are exempt from the provisions and the application
of both building and housing codes.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 697
(House Bill 1104)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 7-66 of
Baltimore County Code 1958 (being Article 3 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland) as amended by Chapter 98 of the Acts
of 1963, title "Baltimore County," subtitle "Courts, Fines, For-
feitures and Imprisonment," providing for the payment of salaries
and expenses of appraisers from the general funds of the Register
of Wills.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 7-66 of Baltimore County Code 1958 (being Article 3
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland) as amended by Chap-
ter 98 of the Acts of 1963, title "Baltimore County," subtitle "Courts,
Fines, Forfeitures and Imprisonment," be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

7-66.

On granting letters testamentary or of administration or of col-