J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                         1485

the preceding five years; provided, further, however, that only one
such exemption shall be allowed on any real estate taxable hereunder.

(b) Every person seeking to have his residential property taxed
as provided herein shall first make application to the Board of
County Commissioners, in writing, setting forth thereon his, her
or their name, age, place of residence, total gross income from all
sources for the next preceding calendar year, total amount of stocks,
bonds, bank deposits, savings accounts, notes, mortgages and any
other securities and investments, total consecutive years of resi-
dence in said County immediately preceding the date of said appli-
cation, and the source of ownership of the residential property
sought to be taxed as herein provided. Said application shall be
accompanied by an affidavit of the person making said application
certifying to the truth of the application's content, and said appli-
cation shall be submitted to the said County Commissioners at
least twenty-one (21) calendar days before the date of finality for
real property ownership in the County of the year for which said
reduction of assessment, if granted hereunder, would apply. There-
upon, said County Commissioners shall read and consider each of
said applications and shall approve or disapprove same prior to said
date of finality.

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

Approved April 30, 1963.

CHAPTER 715
(House Bill 882)

AN ACT to add new Section 103A to Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Health," subtitle "Nui-
sances," to follow immediately after Section 103 thereof, providing
that maintenance of nuisances in Cecil County is a crime, providing
penalties, denning nuisances and providing that law enforcement
officers in the County shall enforce the provisions of this section.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 103A be and it is hereby added to Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Health," subtitle
"Nuisances," to follow immediately after Section 103 thereof, and to
read as follows:

103 A.

(a)   In Cecil County, in addition to all other provisions of this
subtitle; any person, firm or corporation who fails to abate a nuisance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00. Each day that a
violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)   A nuisance, as used in subsection (a) above is any condition
which does or can adversely affect the public health, including, but
not limited to: and ANY unsanitary privy, a foul pig-pen, an improp-