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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 240

(III) TO PREVENT THE NUISANCE FROM
RECURRING.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
43, §§ 105 and 106.

Throughout this section, "property" is
substituted for "premises" and "property or
district" for clarity and to conform to the
terminology used in other sections of this title.

In subsection (a) of this section, "written
complaint" is substituted for "certified", in
conformity to practice, for clarity and
consistency with the language of § 10-201 of this
subtitle.

In subsection (a)(1) of this section, "outhouse"
is substituted for the archaic term "privy pit".

In subsection (b)(2) of this section, the word
"causing" is substituted for the phrase "act,
default or sufferance", for simplicity and
clarity.

In subsection (c) of this section, the former
phrase "through its proper officers", which
modified the reference to the Secretary, is
deleted as unnecessary.

The last clause of former Article 43, § 105,
which referred to the power of the Secretary to
abate mosquito water nuisances in counties, is
deleted as obsolete and inconsistent with
practice.

The reference in former Article 43, § 106 that
dealt with court jurisdiction and procedures is
deleted as repetitive of other, independent
provisions of law.

The substance of Article 43, § 35(b), which in
effect states that the power of the Department to
investigate nuisances does not "repeal or
interfere in any way with" Title 4 of this
article, is omitted as unnecessary.

10-203. SUMMARY ABATEMENT.

(A) IN GENERAL.

(1) IF, AFTER INVESTIGATION, THE SECRETARY FINDS
THAT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXISTS, THE PLACE OR
THING AS TO WHICH THE CONDITION EXISTS IS IN A STATE OF