1174 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 472
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 38 (a) of Article 66B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1967 Replacement Volume), title "Zoning and Planning," sub-
title "Historic Area Zoning," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments; and new Section 51 added to follow im-
mediately after Section 50 thereof, and to read as follows:
38.
(a) The preservation of structures of historic and architectural
value is a public purpose in this State. The board of county com-
missioners or county council of every county in the State [in those
counties in which this subtitle is effective] and the mayor and city
council by whatever name known, of every municipal corporation in
this State [in those counties in which this subtitle is effective] and
the mayor and city council of Baltimore City have power by ordinance
or resolution to regulate the construction, alteration, repair, moving,
and demolition of such structures within their respective limits.
Hereafter in this subtitle such counties and municipal corporations
are referred to as "county" or "counties" or "municipal corporations"
as the case may be. [This subtitle is effective only in the counties of
Anne Arundel, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard,
Kent, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's and St. Mary's
and Baltimore City.]
51.
The provisions of this title are severable, and if any of its pro-
visions are held unconstitutional by any court of competent juris-
diction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of
the remaining provisions.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.
Approved May 2, 1969.
CHAPTER 472
(Senate Bill 682)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 51 of
Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
Volume), title "Clerks of Courts," subtitle "Clerks of Circuit
Courts and Superior Court of Baltimore City," to rescind the
authority of the Clerk to refuse to accept an instrument not
readily subject to microfilming and to require an affidavit listing
all pertinent information to be filed with any instrument to be
recorded when said instrument is of poor quality for reproduction
purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 51 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1966 Replacement Volume), title "Clerks of Courts," subtitle
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