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to appear at trial when there has been no pretrial plea of guilty and
payment of fine shall be guilty of a separate misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
plus court costs.

8.207—Records

Except for any necessary accounting records, no criminal record
shall be kept of any violations of this subtitle. The pretrial plea of
guilty and payment of penalty by any person shall not be used as evi-
dence of guilt or admission of liability in any civil case.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE COUNTY
COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That this Act shall
take effect sixty (60) days after its enactment.

This Bill, having been approved by the Executive and returned to the
Council, stands enacted on May 14, 1969.

1969 Legislative Session, Legislative Day No. 3
Council Bill No. 10

An Act to repeal Section 237 of the Code of Public, Local Laws
of Howard County (1965 Edition), being Article 14 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Street names and house num-
bers," and to enact new Section 16.305 of the Howard County Code, to
empower the Planning Board to number houses and buildings and
name streets within the boundaries of Howard County, to provide
for the procedure thereof, to provide for consent of residents thereto,
to provide for the adoption of rules and a workable plan, to provide
for public hearings after notice to the public.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Section 237 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Howard County, (1965 Edition) being Article 14
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland be and it is hereby repealed.

Section 2. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUN-
CIL OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Section 305, be, and
it is hereby added to Title 16 of the Howard County Code and to read
as follows:

16.305—Street Names and House Numbers

(a) For the purpose of removing confusion because of a duplication
of street names and in order to secure a workable plan of street names
and/or numbering of houses and businesses, the Planning Board (Board)
is authorized to name and re-name any street or highway carrying the
same name for five (5) years or longer shall not be changed until ninety-
five percent (95%) of the residents living on or binding on such street
or highway, and using such street or highway name as their address,
shall agree in writing to the Planning Board's change of name of such
street or highway. Without such written agreement, no street or highway
name shall be changed. The Board has the power to correct mistakes
in names of streets and highways, to re-name the streets and highways
from time to time, and to have placed proper signs showing or indicating