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(3) Any owner failing to comply with the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dol-
lars ($25.00) for each offense.

(k) In Charles [County] and St. Mary's counties the provisions
of Section 194(e) of this subtitle shall be deemed to apply to the
extent that they are reasonably applicable to the regulation and
control of every domestic animal, including but not limited to
dogs, and to every wild animal kept in captivity. In lieu of the
penalties otherwise prescribed in this subtitle, the County Com-
missioners [of Charles County] are authorized to establish penalties
for violation of rules and regulations passed pursuant to the powers
granted under 194(e), not to exceed a fine of $1,000.00, or imprison-
ment for one year, or both, as to each offense.

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

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 240
(Senate Bill 414)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 231 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard County (1965 Edition,
being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Howard County", subtitle "Planning and Subdivision Con-
trol", relating generally to provisions which may be included in
the subdivision regulations, a provision for amending the subdivi-
sion regulations, a provision for regulations governing building
development, a provision for adequate open spaces in cluster sub-
divisions and planned community development, a provision for the
conservation of natural drainage ways, a provision for preventing
development in flood plain areas of streams, a provision for control
of soil erosion during land development and building construction;
and a provision by which the Planning Commission may accept
cash payment in lieu of actual construction of improvements re-
quired in subdivision development.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 231 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Howard County
(1965 Edition, being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Howard County", subtitle "Planning and Subdivi-
sion Control", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

231.

(a) [Before exercising the powers referred to in Section 162 the
Howard County Planning Commission shall prepare regulations gov-
erning the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. Such regula-
tions may provide for the proper arrangement of streets, in rela-
tion to other existing planned streets and to the master plan, for
adequate and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of