748                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 502

County (1961 Edition, being Article 10 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Dorchester County," subtitle "County
Commissioners and Treasurer," subheading "Taxes," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

191.

An election for county treasurer shall be held at the general elec-
tion in November, 1938, and every four years thereafter, and any
county treasurer elected in Dorchester County shall qualify on the
first day of [January] May after his election, and hold office until
his successor is duly elected and qualified.

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

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 502
(House Bill 748)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Section 26 of
Article 66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and
1962 Supplement), title "Zoning and Planning," subtitle "Plan-
ning," subheading "Title 3. Subdivision Control," providing that
Municipal and County Planning and Zoning Commissions are au-
thorized to require adequate provisions for shore erosion control
as a precedent condition for approval of a subdivision plat.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 26 of Article 66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition and 1962 Supplement), title "Zoning and Planning,"
subtitle "Planning," subheading "Title 3. Subdivision Control," be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

26.

Before exercising the powers referred to in Section 25, the plan-
ning commission shall prepare regulations governing the subdivision
of land within its jurisdiction. Such regulations may provide for
adequate shore erosion control, the proper arrangement of streets,
in relation to other existing planned streets and to the master plan,
for adequate and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access
of fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air, and for the
avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and
area of lots.

Such regulations may include provision as to the extent to which
streets and other ways shall be graded and improved and to which
water and sewer and other utility mains, piping, or other facilities
shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of the plat.
The regulations or practice of the commission may provide for a ten-
tative approval of the plat previous to such installation; but any such
tentative approval shall be revocable and shall not be entered on the