656                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 407

marriage ceremony and to requiring a signing and return of the
aforesaid certificates by the minister or other official of a religious
body or order performing said ceremony.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963 JANUARY 1, 1964.

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 407
(House Bill 782)

AN ACT relating to The Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-
ning Commission; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
68 of Chapter 780 of the Laws of 1959, and amendments thereto,
the purpose of this Act being to authorize the Commission to
establish grades for county roads.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 68 of Chapter 780 of the Laws of 1959, as amended, is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

68. Road grades.

[Except as hereinafter provided] [t] The Commission has author-
ity to establish grades for all roads within the Regional Districts ,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALL
ROAD GRADES SO ESTABLISHED SHALL BE ESTABLISHED
WITHIN THE TOLERANCES SET FORTH IN THE PROVISIONS
OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY ROAD CODE. [In Mont-
gomery County, the Commission shall have authority within the
regional district in administering subdivision regulations to recom-
mend preliminary grades for all County roads and shall further have
the authority apart from administering such regulations to recom-
mend grades for all roads in the District whether or not said roads
appear on an adopted plan of streets and highways. The county
council for Montgomery County shall have final authority to provide
for the establishment of grades on all Montgomery County roads for
which a construction permit is required under the provisions of the
county road code and on roads in Montgomery County which are
dedicated as county roads. The County Council may provide that the
grade of all county roads on subdivision plats be approved by the
county prior to the recording of such plats.] Until a grade has been
established by the Commission [or the county council as authorized
herein], no grading of a permanent nature shall be made. Any un-
authorized grading OF A PERMANENT NATURE by any state,
municipal or county officer or employee or by any private person
is declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such under the
provisions of this [Article] subtitle.

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

Approved April 17, 1963.