596                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 369

and relating generally to their issue and to the duties of county
officials in relation thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 38 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany
County (1955 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany County", sub-title "Building
Permits", be and it is hereby repealed; that a new Section 38 be and
it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the
section so repealed, and to read as follows:

38. All persons, firms or corporations shall before erecting, con-
structing or remodeling any building of any kind or description, in
Allegany County, outside the corporate limits of the incorporated
towns and cities therein, where the actual cost of such construction
or remodeling shall exceed the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) Dol-
lars, shall make application, in writing, to the Clerk of the County
Commissioners of Allegany County or to whomever the County Com-
missioners designate, for a permit to erect, build, reconstruct or
remodel the building or structure. The application for the permit
shall set forth the location of the land, the Election District in which
it is located, and the dimensions of the lot and building for which
the application is made, the character of the construction, the kind
and type of materials to be used, the height, the kind of foundation
and walls and roofing to be used, and the estimated cost of construc-
tion. All applications for permits shall state the name of the builder
and the owner of the land upon which the building is to be erected,
constructed, remodeled or built. A fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be
paid to the Clerk for such permit so issued. The fees received by the
Clerk shall constitute part of the general funds of the County.

If any person, firm or corporation proceeds with such erection,
building, construction or remodeling where the cost of same shall
exceed the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars without first hav-
ing made application and obtained a permit therefor, such person,
firm or corporation upon conviction thereof before a Justice of the
Peace of the County shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
fined a sum not less than five dollars ($5.00), nor more than twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) for each offense.

This section has no application to any area in Allegany County
situated within the corporate limits of any town or city or to any
area covered by any zoning ordinance now or hereafter adopted by
the County Commissioners of Allegany County.

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

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 369
(Senate Bill 450)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 127, 138,
139 and 140 (a) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard