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(e)    If on the basis of the application and the hearing the
Commissioners determine that the proposed work or construction
will be of economic or commercial benefit to the county, will not
harm the shoreline or navigation in the waters of the county, will not
cause undue damage to the marine life of the county, or will improve
the recreational facilities and potential of the county, they shall
approve the application and issue a permit for the work or con-
struction. Provided, however, any person, association, or corporation
being issued such a permit shall within 90 days from the date thereof,
have recorded among the land records of Kent County a plat certified
by a licensed surveyor, or a licensed engineer, showing in detail the
work or construction done or to be done as a result of said permit
being granted.

(f)    Any person aggrieved by an action of the Commission in
either issuing or failing to issue a permit for any such proposed
work or construction may appeal therefrom, within twenty-one days,
to the Circuit Court for Kent County. The Court shall hear all parties
at interest in the appeal and shall consider the case de novo; and
shall promptly determine the issue, either approving, rejecting, or
modifying the action of the Commission.

(g)    Any person, association, or corporation who proceeds with
any of the work or construction to which this section applies, without
a permit from the Commission or, upon appeal, from the Circuit
Court, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof is
subject to a fine of not more than fifty dollars for every day on
which the work or construction, or any part of it, proceeds or is
allowed to stand.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act applies
to or affects any work or construction existing or in progress on
June 1,1967.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 245
(House Bill 422)

AN ACT to propose an amendment to Article III of the Con-
stitution of Maryland, title "Legislative Department," by adding
new Section 40D thereto, to follow immediately after Section 40C
thereof, providing for an optional procedure for the acquisition
of land and interest in land by the Board of County Commissioners
for Prince George's County for the construction or extension of
county roads and streets, providing for a contingency by which
this amendment may be void and of no further effect and provid-
ing for the submission of this amendment to the qualified voters
of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
(Three-fifths of all the Members elected to each of the two Houses