2997
HOWARD COUNTY

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That the 1972 Edition of
the Howard County Code, compiled and edited by Charles
A. Reese, Esquire, and Raymond J. Kane, Jr., Esquire,
approved by Robert F. Fischer, County Solicitor of
Howard County and published by Geo. W. King Printing
Company, be and the same is hereby legalized, adopted
and made evidence of the laws of Howard County,
Maryland.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
1972 Edition of the Howard County Code shall contain
all Public Local Laws relating to Howard county in
effect as of December 31, 1971, and it shall be deemed
and taken in all the Courts of this State and by all
public officials of the State and of any political
subdivision thereof to be evidence of the Public Local
Laws of Howard County in existence at the time of
compilation.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is
the intention of the County Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of the
Howard County Code hereby adopted are severable, and
if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section
of the Howard County Code hereby adopted shall be
declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by the
valid judgment or decree of a Court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of the
Howard County Code hereby adopted.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this
Act shall take effect sixty (60) days from the date of
its enactment.

This Bill, having been approved by the Executive and
returned to the Council, stands enacted on December 6,
1972.