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comfort, safety or welfare of the present and future population of the
Regional District.

71.

(b) The regulations may include provisions as to the extent
and manner in which (1) roads shall be graded and improved; (2)
curbs, gutters, and sidewalks shall be built; (3) water, sewer, and
other utility mains, piping, connections, and other facilities shall
be installed; and (4) trees shall be planted or conserved as a condition
precedent to the approval of a plat. The regulations or practice of
the Commission may provide for the tentative approval of a plat
previous to such improvements and installations; but any such tenta-
tive approval shall not be entered on the plat or entitle the plat to
filing or record. In lieu of the completion of such improvements prior
to the approval of the plat, the Commission or County may accept a
bond with surety to secure the actual construction and installation of
such improvements and installations at a time and according to speci-
fications fixed by or in accordance with the regulations. The Com-
mission or County has the power to enforce such bond by all appro-
priate legal and equitable remedies. The regulations or practice of
the Commission may provide for a preapplication procedure and also
for submission of a preliminary plat prior to submission of a final
plat of subdivision and for tentative or conditional approval or dis-
approval of such preliminary plats within [a reasonable time.] sixty
(60) days after submission thereof; otherwise, the preliminary plat
shall be deemed to have been approved and a certificate to that effect
shall be issued by the Commission upon demand. The applicant for
the Commission's approval may waive this requirement and consent
to the extension of such period. The ground of disapproval of any
such plat shall be stated upon the records of the Commission, and a
copy of such record shall be mailed postage prepaid to the last ad-
dress of record of the applicant.

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

Approved May 6, 1963.

CHAPTER 816
(House Bill 846)

AN ACT relating to The Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-
ning Commission; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
5 of Chapter 780 of the Laws of 1959, the purpose of this Act
being to increase the annual salary of each member of the Com-
mission FROM PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, TO ADD
SUBSECTION (C) TO SECTION 63 OF CHAPTER 780
OF THE LAWS OF 1959, PROVIDING FOR ADDITION-
AL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADOPTION OF A GEN-
ERAL PLAN OR ANY PART THEREOF IN THAT PORTION
OF THE REGIONAL DISTRICT IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUN-
TY AND ADDING SUBSECTION (D) TO SECTION 63 OF
CHAPTER 780 OF THE LAWS OF 1959 REQUIRING THE COM-