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directing that person, or officer of that corporation, to appear before
the People's Court of Howard County at a designated time and date for
trial. Any person who shall fail to appear for trial when summoned shall
be guilty of a separate misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and the County Health Officer or his designated
representative is hereby authorized to make application to a Judge of
the People's Court of Howard County for a warrant for the arrest of
the person failing to appear in order that said person may be brought
before the People's Court for trial. Every day during which an unhealthy
nuisance or other condition dangerous to health shall be permitted to
continue to exist after the time specified in the notice of the County
Health Officer, SANITARIAN or his representative, or subsequent direc-
tive of the County Board of Health, to abate the same shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense within the meaning of this subtitle. Ad-
ditionally, if the owner or owners, occupier or occupiers of property
on which any such unhealthy nuisance or other condition dangerous to
health exists, shall refuse or neglect to abate the same after such rea-
sonable notice, the County Health Officer, SANITARIAN or his repre-
sentative, after the expiration of the time set out in such notice, or
subsequent directive of the County Board of Health, may remove the said
nuisance or other condition dangerous to health at the expense of said
owner or owners, occupier or occupiers, jointly or severally; and the cost
of removing said nuisance or other condition dangerous to health may be
recovered by the County Health Officer, SANITARIAN or his represen-
tative, in the name of Howard County, a municipal corporation, from the
said owner or owners, occupier or occupiers, in an action at law.

Section 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE COUNTY
COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That should any sec-
tion of this Act be declared illegal, void or unconstitutional, the remaining
sections not so declared shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 4. 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 November 5,1969.

1969 Legislative Session, Legislative Day No. 21
Council Bill No. 35

An Act enacting new Sections 1.122 through 1.133 of the Howard
County Code adopting a new Classification Plan, setting forth its
scope, definitions, administration, amendments, allocation of existing
positions and generally relative, to the establishment of minimum
qualifications for job classifications in Howard County.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Sections 1.122 through 1.133
inclusive, be and they are hereby added to Title I of the Howard County
Code, "Administration", subtitle "Personnel" to read as follows: