J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                           31

by the County Commissioners of Howard County under the said
powers shall be deemed valid or effective unless the same shall
have been formally adopted by the said County Commissioners at
a regular meeting HELD AFTER THE HOLDING OF A PUBLIC
HEARING, SAID MEETING TO BE DULY ADVERTISED FOR
THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE IN ONE OR MORE NEWS-
PAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY,
and notice of the adoption of rules and regulations shall there-
after have been published at least two times in one or more
newspapers of general circulation in Howard County. Said notice
may, in the sole and absolute discretion of the County Com-
missioners, contain a brief and concise statement or short sum-
mary of the rules and regulations adopted. After formal adoption
of rules and regulations and publication of notice as herein pro-
vided, all persons shall be deemed and taken to have notice thereof
and no actual notice need be proven. It shall be the duty of the
County Commissioners to cause said rules and regulations to be
available at its office for inspection by the public at any time, and
the County Commissioners are authorized to have printed and made
available for public distribution such number of copies of any rules
and regulations so adopted, as they may deem necessary and proper,
and may require the payment of a reasonable charge for any printed
copies so furnished. A printed certificate by the Chief Clerk of the
County Commissioners that any rules and regulations have been
adopted pursuant to the authority of this section, and that a copy
of the rules and regulations to which the certificate is attached
is a true and correct copy, shall be deemed and taken as sufficient
to permit the introduction of such rules and regulations as prima
facie evidence of their existence in any judicial proceedings. All
powers, privileges, restrictions, duties and discretion vested in or
imposed upon the County Commissioners with respect to the
adoption of any rules or regulations, hereunder, shall apply with
equal force and effect to the change, repeal or amendement of any
or all of said rules and regulations, in whole or in part.

(c) The said County Commissioners, in addition to any remedies
and penalties otherwise prescribed by law, shall have the right to
enforce its rules and regulations and all other provisions of the
housing laws in Howard County, and prevent infractions thereof by
an application to the Circuit Court for Howard County, in equity,
for an injunction, and a breach or threatened breach or violation
of any provision of the housing laws of Howard County, or of said

rules and regulations, shall constitute sufficient cause in itself for

the issuance of such injunction whom applied for, and no further

cause need be alleged or shown.

(d) Any person, firm, corporation, or office of a corporation who
shall violate any rules or regulation promulgated by the County
Commissioners under the authority of this section, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less

than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 or imprisoned in jail for not less
'

than ten days nor more than three months, or both, at the discretion
of the Court TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) NOR MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00), but no conviction hereunder shall
in any manner relieve any person of any other penalties hereunder
or the necessity of compliance with all other applicable rules, regu-
lations and laws.