J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1519

considered and no permit and/or certificate of occupancy granted
unless and until all information requested by the Housing Adminis-
trator is supplied. The information shall be limited to the number
of dwelling units or rooming units per structure; the number of
families and the occupants per dwelling unit or rooming unit; the
number and kinds of uses for which such structure or building will
be used; and such structural data as he may deem necessary, provided
that it shall not be necessary to make application or obtain a permit
and/or a certificate of occupancy for any owner-occupied structure
or building containing no more than two dwelling units nor where
such permit and/or certificate of occupancy is waived for cause by
the Housing Administrator. The Housing Administrator shall ac-
count for and pay over daily to the Treasurer of Howard County
all funds received from the issuance of permits and/or certificates
of occupancy, which said monies shall be expended by the County
Commissioners of Howard County as a part of the general funds
of said county. Whenever the Housing Administrator shall refuse
to grant a permit and/or certificate of occupancy to an applicant,
he shall certify his reasons therefor in writing to the County Com-
missioners of Howard County, and the said County Commissioners
shall grant or refuse such permit or certificate of occupancy by an
order in writing. Within fifteen days, and not longer, after an order
refusing the issuance of an application for a permit and/or certificate
of occupancy, the applicant shall be entitled to appeal to the Circuit
Court for Howard County; which Court, sitting without a jury, shall
hear and determine all matters relating to the application de novo,
and the decision of said Court shall be final. Such appeal shall be
instituted by filing in said Court, a petition, a copy of which shall
be served on the County Commissioners of Howard County, which
said petition shall set forth in clear and concise terms the grounds
for appeal. The County Commissioners shall promptly certify and
file a complete transcript of the record in the case, upon payment
of all costs for preparation of same by the appellant.

118.

(a) The County Commissioners of Howard County are hereby
given power and authority to provide for entry into, inspection and
examination of all buildings, lots, yards, and vehicles of every
description. [With the consent of the owner] after giving him prior
written [due] notice of five days, to ascertain their condition for
health, cleanliness and safety; to take down and remove, or make
safe and secure, any and all buildings, walls, structures, or super-
structures, at the expense of the owners thereof, that are or may
become dangerous or that are erected or suffered to remain contrary
to such law or such regulations as they may adopt or to require said
owners or agents to take down and remove them or put them in a
safe and sound condition, all at their own expense; to make any
and all expenses and costs incurred by the County Commissioners
of Howard County, in, about, and by reason of the taking down and
removal, or the making safe and secure of all buildings, walls, struc-
tures, or superstructures, as aforesaid, a lien upon the land or im-
provements, or both, and to provide for the enforcement of such
liens by sale of the property, whether real or personal, or by suit
at law for all such expenses or any deficit after sale as aforesaid;
and generally to adopt and enforce for the whole of Howard County
all necessary rules and regulations for any and all the aforegoing