SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       663

map amendment filed with the county council for Montgomery County,
sitting as a district council, shall set forth the names of all persons
having a substantial interest in the subject property of the appli-
cation, such substantial interest to include all those persons with a
share in such property amounting to five per cent (5%) or more of
the full cash value of such property, all contract purchasers and all
those persons holding an option to purchase said property.

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

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 308
(House Bill 848)

AN ACT relating to the Maryland-National Capital _# Park and
Planning Commission Act, to repeal and re-enact, with amend-
ments, Section 59-19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County, Everstine's 1963 Edition, (being Article 17 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland) title "Prince George's
County," subtitle "Park and Planning Commission," as enacted
by Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959, and Section 70-23 of the Mont-
gomery County Code, 1965 Edition, (being Article 16 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland) title "Montgomery County,"
subtitle "Chapter 70. Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-
ning Commission," as enacted by Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959,
providing for an increase of the penalty provision to five hundred
dollars ($500.00) and ninety (90) days.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 59-19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County, Everstine's 1963 Edition, (being Article 17 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland) title "Prince George's
County," subtitle "Park and Planning Commission," as enacted by
Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959 and Section 70-23 of the Mont-
gomery County Code, 1965 Edition, (being Article 16 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland) title "Montgomery County,"
subtitle "Chapter 70. Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission," as enacted by Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959,
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as fol-
lows:

59-19. (70-23) Penalty Provisions.

Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this sub-
title, unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable before any
[trial magistrate] People's Court or the Circuit Court of the County
in which the offense is committed. It shall be brought by warrant
or indictment upon the oath or information of any member of the
commission or the employee thereof or any other person. Upon
conviction thereof, the offender shall be subject to a fine not exceed-
ing [one hundred dollars ($100.00) or to thirty days] five hundred