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ten days, unless the board shall grant further stay upon applica-
tion of the person filing the appeal.

255J. Failure to comply with any provision of this subtitle shall
constitute a misdemeanor, and any person, upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or sentenced to not
more than thirty days in jail or both. Each and every day that a
violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition
thereto, the County may institute injunction, mandamus or any
other appropriate action or proceeding at law or equity for the en-
forcement of this subtitle or to correct violations of this subtitle,
and any court of competent jurisdiction shall have the right to issue
restraining orders, temporary or permanent injuctions, or mandamus
or other appropriate forms of remedy or relief.

255K. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this subtitle be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion, such decision shall not affect the validity of this subtitle in its
entirety or of any part thereof other than that so declared to be in-
valid.

255L. Any provisions in the Code of Public Local Laws of How-
ard County which are or may be inconsistant INCONSISTENT with
this subtitle are hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966. JANUARY 1, 1967.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 215
(Senate Bill 463)

AN ACT to add a new Section 384A to Article 48A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Insurance",
subtitle "22. Insurance Contracts Generally", to follow immediately
after Section 384 thereof, to provide in the insurance laws that
settlements of property damage claims may be made by automobile
liability insurers without admission of liability as to other claims
arising out of the same accident or event and providing that the
claimant shall not be precluded from action on bodily injury or
other claims not within the scope of the settlement.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That a new Section 384A be and it is hereby added to Article 48A

of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume),

title "Insurance", subtitle "22. Insurance Contracts Generally", to

follow immediately after Section 384 thereof, and to read as follows:

384A. No settlement made under a motor vehicle liability in-
surance policy of a claim against any insured thereunder arising
from any accident or other event insured against for damage to or
destruction of property owned by another person shall be construed
as an admission of liability by the insured, or the insurer's recogni-