SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       711

as a common policing agency to protect the general welfare, health,
and safety of the residents of Howard County.

The rules and regulations shall be compiled within three months
of the adoption of this section and there shall be a public hearing,
thereafter notice of which shall be announced in at least two local
papers at least three weeks prior to the date of the hearing, and
after such hearing the code shall be adopted jointly by the Com-
mission and the Plumbing Department.

Any violation of any of the provisions of the rules and regulation
adopted pursuant to this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable
under Section 188 of this subtitle.

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

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 351
(House Bill 1005)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11 of
Article 38A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Fires and Investigations," subtitle "Fire
Marshal," to provide that in Worcester County the county may
cooperate with the State Fire Marshal in repairing or demolishing
dangerous buildings and when they do so they shall have a tax
lien against the property for the expenses.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11 of Article 38A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Fires and Investigations," sub-
title "Fire Marshal," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

11.

In the event any owner or occupant of any building or premises
served with a copy of such order in the manner above provided,
shall fail to comply with such order within thirty days from the
date of issuance thereof, or within thirty days after any appeal
from such order has been affirmed by court, the State Fire Marshal
may enter into and upon the premises affected by such order and
cause the said building, structure, or premises to be repaired, torn
down, demolished, materials removed and all dangerous conditions
to be remedied, as the case may be, at the expense of the owner or
occupant, and if such person shall fail or neglect to repay the State
Fire Marshal the expense thereby incurred by him, within thirty
days after written demand shall have been mailed to the said owner
or occupant at his last known post-office address, the State Fire
Marshal is hereby authorized to bring suit in the name of the
State to recover such expenses, with interest, in any court of com-
petent jurisdiction. In Worcester County the county commissioners