716                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 354

safeguard the public health, safety, morals and general welfare;
provided that such regulations shall contain proper standards for
the exercise of the discretion hereby conferred, shall operate uni-
formly, and that before said County Commissioners shall adopt any
such regulations they shall hold a public hearing thereon after at
least ten days notice to the public by publication in one or more news-
papers published in Howard County.

Such regulations may impose reasonable charges and fees for
licenses, permits, inspections and other services rendered by the,
administrative officials under the authority hereof.

(c)    Said County Commissioners shall have the power, in provid-
ing for the administration and enforcement of regulations adopted
hereunder, to appoint an Electrical Administrative Board to consist
of five members, and to impose on and vest in said Board such duties
and powers as may be necessary and advisable for the proper admin-
istration and enforcement of such regulations, and to provide for the
term of office, and compensation of the members of such Board.

The members of said Board shall receive such compensation as
shall be fixed from time to time by the County Commissioners, which
said compensation shall be paid from the fees collected for licenses,
permits, inspections or otherwise under this section.

(d)    The County Commissioners shall keep in a separate book all
rules, regulations and restrictions adopted by them from time to time
under the authority of this Act, and any amendments or supplements
thereto, and shall cause copies to be printed and made available for
general distribution. Any such printed copy, together with any
amendments and supplements, when certified as accurate by the
County Commissioners, shall be deemed prima facie evidence thereof
in any judicial proceeding in the State.

(e)    Any violation of regulations adopted pursuant to this Act
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed One
Hundred Dollars ($106.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty
days, or both fine and imprisonment. Any person who shall violate
such regulations and restrictions shall be deemed guilty of a separate
offense for every day that such violation shall continue.

(f)    The provisions of this title shall not apply to any electric
light company, electric railway company, steam railway company,
telegraph or telephone company, nor to those performing electrical
work for such companies where said electrical work is an integral
part of the plant or service used by such company in rendering their
authorized service to the public.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end,
all provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.

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

Approved April 14, 1967.