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§ 1	The county commissioners of each county in this State are declared...
§ 1A	Unless otherwise specifically provided by the laws of Maryland,...
§ 2	They shall also in their respective counties have control over all...
§ 2A	Upon the adoption of a resolution stating that a county responsibility...
§ 2B	The county commissioners of every county in the State, in addition...
§ 3	The county commissioners of each county in this State, in addition...
§ 3A	The county commissioners of each county in this State may, whenever...
§ 3C	Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or empower...
§ 3D	It has been and shall continue to be the policy of the State to...
§ 4	A copy of all acts, ordinances, and resolutions adopted or passed...
§ 5	All meetings, regular and special, of the board of county commissioners...
§ 5A	The board of county commissioners in every county in which this...
§ 5C	The County Commissioners of Washington County shall hold at least...
§ 5D	In Carroll County, the County Commissioners or any public agency...
§ 5E	The County Commissioners of Charles County may:
§ 6	The provisions as set forth in § 3 hereof are intended to supplement...
§ 8	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the County...
§ 9	This section applies only in Dorchester County.
§ 9A	The County Commissioners of Charles County, in addition to, but...
§ 9B	The County Commissioners of Calvert County, in addition to but not...
§ 9D	This section applies only to the following counties:
§ 9E	The County Commissioners of Calvert County may provide that any...
§ 9F	The County Commissioners of Carroll County, by ordinance or resolution,...
§ 9G	The County Commissioners of Calvert County, by ordinance, may fix...
§ 9H	The County Commissioners of Garrett County, by ordinance or resolution,...
§ 9-I	The County Commissioners of Washington County may adopt ordinances...
§ 9J	After a public hearing, the County Commissioners of Frederick County,...
§ 9K	The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County may adopt...
§ 9L	Subject to regulations of the Public Service Commission, the County...
§ 10	The County Commissioners of Cecil County may adopt and amend from...
§ 10A	The County Council of Prince George’s County is authorized to create...
§ 10B	Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the County...
§ 10C	The County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County, in addition to,...
§ 10D	The County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County are hereby authorized...
§ 10D-1	The County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County may raise the building...
§ 10E	Not later than June 1, 1966, the County Commissioners of Charles...
§ 10F	The County Commissioners of Talbot County, in addition to, but not...
§ 10G	In Washington County, the County Commissioners may enact laws or...
§ 10H	In Frederick County, the County Commissioners may enact laws or...
§ 10-I	The County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County may regulate any public...
§ 10J	The County Commissioners for St. Mary’s County may:
§ 10J-1	Except as provided in §§ 10-I(f) and 10J(c) of this article, Article...
§ 10K	The Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County may provide...
§ 11A	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the county...
§ 11B	The County Commissioners of Cecil County shall have the power by...
§ 11C	The provisions of this section apply in the following counties:
§ 11C-1	The County Commissioners of Dorchester County may adopt regulations...
§ 11D	The following legislative findings are made.
§ 12	The county commissioners or county council of the several counties...
§ 13	In Frederick County, in addition to the payments provided for in...
§ 14	The county commissioners of each county and the legislative body...
§ 14A	The county commissioners of every county in the State may acquire,...
§ 15	All the provisions of this article relating to public roads or roads...
§ 16	In case any office of county commissioner shall become vacant in...
§ 17	They may sue and be sued, and may sue for any injury done to the...
§ 18	The number of county commissioners in each county shall be as fixed...
§ 19	Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 20	They shall levy all needful taxes on the assessable property within...
§ 21	They shall levy and appropriate such sums of money as in their discretion...
§ 22	They may levy and appropriate such sums of money as they may, in...
§ 23	They shall allow no claim against the county not properly chargeable...
§ 25	They shall have power to open, alter or close any public road or...
§ 26	They may build and repair bridges and levy upon the property of...
§ 26A	The governing bodies of any county, city, town or any combination...
§ 27	This section only applies in the following counties:
§ 27A	In Dorchester County on and after June 1, 1959, it shall be unlawful...
§ 29	The county commissioners of any county in this State, in awarding...
§ 30	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it is unlawful...
§ 31	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it is unlawful...
§ 32	If any county commissioner shall violate any of the provisions of...
§ 32A	Whenever the board of county commissioners or county council of...
§ 33	When any county treasurer, tax collector, county commissioner or...
§ 34	All applications for building and repairing bridges shall be made...
§ 35	When any person intends to apply for building or repairing any bridge,...
§ 36	Whenever the county commissioners shall have determined to build...
§ 37	Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, all...
§ 37A	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in Cecil County...
§ 37B	Notwithstanding any other provision in this article, in Dorchester...
§ 38	On the day named in such advertisement the proposals shall be opened...
§ 39	When a contractor shall notify the county commissioners that the...
§ 40	If, upon petition in writing of any citizen or citizens of any county...
§ 41	The said examiners shall with all convenient dispatch meet and examine...
§ 42	If the said report be approved and a bridge be reported as proper...
§ 43	At the time and place named in such notice the examiners shall meet...
§ 44	The examiners, during the progress of the work and up to its completion,...
§ 45	If the examiners on the part of adjoining counties cannot agree...
§ 46	In all cases, upon representation in writing of any citizen or citizens...
§ 47	Upon such appeal being taken, the county commissioners shall afford...
§ 48	In all cases where the appeal is not sustained the appellant shall...
§ 49	Nothing contained in this article shall authorize any county commissioners...
§ 50A	Title to both Bear Creek bridges in Baltimore County is hereby transferred...
§ 51	The county treasurers of the several counties of the State shall...
§ 51A	The county treasurer, the comptroller or the collector of taxes,...
§ 52	The boards of county commissioners of the several counties in the...
§ 53	A petition signed by not less than one third of the landowners or...
§ 54	The county commissioners, at their first meeting after receiving...
§ 55	When the lands described in the petition are located in two or more...
§ 57	At the hearing, the petitioners, and the affected soil conservation...
§ 58	The county commissioners shall, within 30 days after the approval...
§ 59	The public drainage association created under this subtitle shall...
§ 60	Any officer or director of a public drainage association or public...
§ 60A	The board of managers so elected or appointed having determined...
§ 61	The board of managers so elected or appointed under § 58 shall proceed...
§ 62	The board of county commissioners shall deliver to the board of...
§ 63	The board of managers shall call a meeting of the landowners on...
§ 64	At such annual meetings the landowners shall elect a successor to...
§ 65	Should the managers for the time being fail to call an annual meeting...
§ 66	Members of the board of managers elected or appointed under § 64...
§ 67	The board of managers of the public drainage association shall proceed...
§ 68	The board of managers shall, upon completion of the watershed work...
§ 69	Upon its determination that the watershed work plan should be submitted...
§ 70	It is the duty of the board of county commissioners upon review...
§ 70A	The board of drainage viewers, before proceeding with the execution...
§ 71	The board of drainage viewers upon receipt of a copy of the plan...
§ 72	The board of drainage viewers shall consider any damages claimed...
§ 73	All persons, including the State or a political subdivision of the...
§ 74	The board of drainage viewers may adopt as the whole or as a part...
§ 75	The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall maintain a...
§ 76	If any owner of land or other property affected by any proceedings...
§ 78	The county commissioners or circuit court for the county in which...
§ 79	Any person who may be injured by the making of any ditch or drain...
§ 80	Any person feeling himself aggrieved by any determination of the...
§ 81	In case any report of the board of drainage viewers shall have been...
§ 82	At the request of the board of managers of a drainage association,...
§ 82A	The board of drainage viewers shall make out and return to the board...
§ 84	The county commissioners shall at their first meeting after receiving...
§ 85	At the date set for the hearing, the viewers and the engineers being...
§ 86	If the owner of any lands affected by the drainage improvements...
§ 87	For the purpose of raising funds necessary to carry out the plan...
§ 88	The board of managers shall by virtue of this subtitle have and...
§ 89	The drainage taxes levied and collected in this manner shall remain...
§ 90	As an alternate plan for raising funds necessary to carry out the...
§ 91	From the first funds, which become available under this subtitle...
§ 92	The board of managers shall proceed to carry out the plan of drainage...
§ 93	Should the lands in the public drainage association be located in...
§ 94	All taxes levied under this subtitle shall be taxes against the...
§ 95	Nothing contained in this subtitle shall be so construed as to authorize...
§ 96	All drainage improvements constructed under §§ 52 through 102 of...
§ 97	Any person, taxed for any ditch or drain which does not pass through...
§ 98	Any person who shall stop up, or in any way obstruct any ditch or...
§ 99	Where any ditch, drain or other improvement established under the...
§ 100	In all cases where the drainage improvements established under this...
§ 101	For every day spent in the discharge of their duties each of the...
§ 102	A majority of the landowners or the owners of a majority of the...
§ 103	The board of county commissioners of any county in the State of...
§ 104	Whenever a petition signed by a majority of the resident landowners...
§ 105	The board of viewers appointed under § 104 shall at once proceed...
§ 106	The board of county commissioners shall consider this report at...
§ 107	The engineer and viewers shall have power to employ such assistants...
§ 108	It shall be the further duty of the engineer and viewers to assess...
§ 109	It shall be the further duty of the engineer and viewers to personally...
§ 110	The engineer and viewers appointed under §§ 103 through 121H shall...
§ 111	When the final report is completed and filed it shall be examined...
§ 112	It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of county commissioners...
§ 113	At the date set for hearing any landowner may appear in person or...
§ 114	The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall provide a suitable...
§ 115	After the said drainage district shall have been declared established,...
§ 116	The board of drainage commissioners shall appoint a competent person...
§ 117	After the classification of lands and the ratio of assessment of...
§ 118	When the board of drainage commissioners for a district shall have...
§ 119	Should the viewers when making their examination and surveys, find...
§ 120	If any lands which will not be affected or benefited by the drainage...
§ 121	If it is necessary to acquire a right-of-way or an outlet over and...
§ 121A	The owner of any land that has been assessed for the cost of the...
§ 121B	The board of drainage commissioners shall give notice for three...
§ 121C	At the expiration of three weeks after publication of notice of...
§ 121D	The board of drainage commissioners shall advertise for bids for...
§ 121E	Whenever any improvement constructed under §§ 103 through 121H is...
§ 121F	The engineers employed under the provisions of §§ 103 through 121H...
§ 121G	In the event that the United States government makes provisions...
§ 121H	The provisions of §§ 103 through 121G shall be liberally construed...
§ 122A	The county commissioners or county council of each county in the...
§ 122B	In Charles County, any person, firm or corporation who shall keep,...
§ 122C	In Calvert County, any person, firm or corporation who shall keep,...
§ 122D	In Harford County, no person, firm, or corporation may lease, rent,...
§ 122E	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 123	It shall be lawful for the county commissioners of each county in...
§ 124	It shall be the duty of each and every surveyor surveying land in...
§ 125	For recording each certificate of variations and affidavits of the...
§ 126	Any person or persons who shall wilfully erase, deface, displace,...
§ 127	The commissioners of any county adopting the provisions of § 123...
§ 135	All applications for opening, altering or closing roads shall be...
§ 136	Whenever any citizen of any county intends to petition the county...
§ 137	Counter petitions may be presented to the county commissioners,...
§ 137A	If any road in Frederick County has not been maintained by the Frederick...
§ 138	Whenever the county commissioners decide that it is expedient that...
§ 138A	In Allegany County, the County Commissioners are authorized to open...
§ 139	Whenever for the purpose of building a new road, improving or widening...
§ 140	The said examiners before they proceed to act as such shall take...
§ 141	They, or a majority of them, after giving thirty days’ notice in...
§ 142	If the application be for opening or altering a road, they shall...
§ 143	If they shall be of opinion that the road ought not to be opened,...
§ 144	No public road shall be opened or altered so as to pass through...
§ 145	All roads opened under the provisions of this article shall be at...
§ 146	The examiners, or a majority of them, shall value and ascertain...
§ 147	The county commissioners shall determine whether the damages adjudged...
§ 148	The damages shall in all cases be paid to the respective parties...
§ 149	The signing of any petition presented to the county commissioners...
§ 150	If no objection be made to the return of the examiners at the meeting...
§ 151	The examiners shall be entitled to a compensation for their services...
§ 152	In all cases where the county commissioners shall adjudge that a...
§ 153	The county commissioners of the several counties of this State,...
§ 154	Any person defacing, injuring or destroying any sign or fingerboard...
§ 154A	The County Commissioners of Garrett County may enact ordinances...
§ 155	The county commissioners of the several counties may enter into...
§ 155A	The County Commissioners of Calvert County, by ordinance, may provide...
§ 155B	The County Commissioners of Calvert County, by ordinance, may provide...
§ 156	In all cases where the public convenience requires it, the county...
§ 157	Upon all applications to establish a public landing, the same proceedings...
§ 158	The county commissioners of each county in this State, in their...
§ 159	The State’s Attorneys of the several counties are charged with the...
§ 160	The board of county commissioners of the respective counties of...
§ 161	Territory within each subdivision of land in any county of this...
§ 162	The county commissioners of the county are hereby authorized and...
§ 163	Upon the written application or petition of 75 percent of the property...
§ 163A	In addition to and not in substitution for the other provisions...
§ 164	Whenever the plans and specifications for the construction of erosion...
§ 165	After any erosion prevention works, or part thereof determined to...
§ 166	For the purpose of providing additional funds to pay the semiannual...
§ 167	The county commissioners shall keep a separate record of its proceedings...
§ 167A	The property in any one or more counties and/or Baltimore City abutting...
§ 167B	The owners of seventy-five percentum (75%) of any property or seventy-five...
§ 167C	The county commissioners are authorized and empowered to act as...
§ 167D	The county commissioners are authorized to finance and construct...
§ 167E	As used herein the word "county" shall mean and include any county...
§ 167F	In Anne Arundel County, the County Council may impose a direct tax...
§ 168	Whenever a request to restrict the use of water furnished or supplied...
§ 169	The board of county commissioners or the county council of the several...
§ 170	A petition signed by not less than one third of the landowners or...
§ 171	The county commissioners shall, at their first meeting after receiving...
§ 172	Whenever the lands described in the petition are located in two...
§ 173	The clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in...
§ 174	At the hearing, the petitioners, and the affected soil conservation...
§ 175	A public watershed association created under this subtitle shall...
§ 176	The county commissioners shall, within thirty days after the approval...
§ 177	The board of directors so elected under § 176 shall proceed to determine...
§ 178	The board of directors so elected having determined the length of...
§ 179	The board of county commissioners shall deliver to the board of...
§ 180	The board of directors and their successors shall annually thereafter...
§ 181	At annual meetings such landowners shall elect a successor to the...
§ 182	Should the board of directors for the time being fail to call an...
§ 183	Members of the board of directors elected or appointed under § 181...
§ 184	The board of directors of the public watershed association shall...
§ 185	The board of directors shall, upon completion of the watershed work...
§ 186	Upon its determination that the watershed work plan should be submitted...
§ 187	It shall be the duty of the county commissioners upon review and...
§ 188	The board of watershed viewers upon receipt of a copy of the plan...
§ 189	All benefited lands within the watershed association shall be assessed...
§ 190	The board of watershed viewers may adopt as the whole or as a part...
§ 191	The board of watershed viewers shall make out and return to the...
§ 192	The county commissioners shall, at their first meeting after receiving...
§ 193	At the hearing, the viewers and engineers being present, any person...
§ 194	In case any report of the board of watershed viewers shall have...
§ 195	If any owner of land or other property affected by any proceedings...
§ 196	In case of the property or interest of any minor person under eighteen...
§ 197	The county commissioners or circuit court for the county in which...
§ 198	Any person who may be injured by any works of improvement laid out...
§ 199	Any person feeling himself aggrieved by any determination of the...
§ 200	The public watershed association shall by virtue of this subtitle...
§ 200A	For works of improvement consisting of stream channel improvement...
§ 200B	For works of improvement consisting of stream channel improvement...
§ 201	If the owner of any lands within the watershed association refuses...
§ 202	For the purpose of raising funds necessary to carry out the plan...
§ 203	As an alternate plan for raising funds necessary to carry out the...
§ 204	All taxes levied under this subtitle shall be taxes against the...
§ 205	The taxes levied and collected in this manner shall remain in the...
§ 206	Should the lands in the public watershed association subject to...
§ 207	From the first funds which become available under this subtitle...
§ 208	The board of directors shall proceed to carry out the plan of watershed...
§ 209	All improvements for watershed protection, flood prevention, recreation,...
§ 210	The governing body of any public drainage association, drainage...
§ 211	The board of directors of any public watershed association organized...
§ 212	Nothing contained in this subtitle shall be so construed as to authorize...
§ 213	Any person, taxed for any ditch or drain which does not pass through...
§ 214	Any person who shall stop up, or in any way obstruct any ditch or...
§ 215	Where any ditch, drain or other improvement established under the...
§ 216	In all cases where the channels established under this subtitle...
§ 216A	If, at any time after the county commissioners have reviewed and...
§ 217	Except as provided in § 217.1 of this subtitle, a majority of the...
§ 217.1	This section applies only in Washington County.
§ 218	In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall declare...
§ 219	The board of county commissioners or the county council of every...
§ 220	Each fiscal year, each county shall pay to each incorporated municipality...
§ 221	Frederick County is hereby designated as a region of the State of...
§ 221A	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 221B	In Frederick County, the Board of County Commissioners shall establish...
§ 222	All counties and municipal corporations may establish, maintain...
§ 223	The term "governing body" as used herein means mayor and city council,...
§ 224	The governing body of any county or municipal corporation may dedicate,...
§ 225	The governing body of any county or municipal corporation may vest...
§ 226	If the governing body of a county or municipal corporation determines...
§ 227	The governing body of any county or municipal corporation, by and...
§ 228	The governing body of any county or municipal corporation, by and...
§ 229	The provisions of this subheading shall not negate or make inoperative...
§ 230	The provisions of this subheading are severable, and if any of its...
§ 231	Before a county may issue a license or permit to an employer to...
§ 232	Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the governing body of...
§ 233	The Board of County Commissioners of Harford County may borrow funds...
§ 234	The Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County may borrow...
§ 234A	In this section, "floating home" means any vessel, whether self-propelled...
§ 235	The Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County may borrow funds...
§ 236	A State agency, including the Maryland Transportation Authority,...
§ 236A	In this section, "animal control officer" means a county employee...
§ 236B	The County Commissioners for Washington County may enact ordinances...
§ 236C	The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County may acquire...
§ 236D	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 236E	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 236F	The health officer for Washington County or the health officer’s...
§ 237	In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
§ 238	The County Commissioners of Calvert County may seek reimbursement...
§ 252	In this section, "reception center" means a place that is established...
§ 253	Any hospital, as defined in § 19-301 of the Health - General Article,...
§ 254	The board of county commissioners or county council of every county...
§ 255	The Board of County Commissioners of Somerset County shall cooperate...