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      The County Commissioners of Cecil County shall have the power by resolution or ordinance to adopt, and to amend from time to time, rules and regulations for the control of air and water pollution and industrial waste emanating from the land area of that county, to provide for the appointment of inspectors for the enforcement thereof and to provide penalties for the violations of such rules and regulations.

      No ordinance or resolution shall be adopted by the County Commissioners under the powers conferred by this section until a summary of such proposal has been advertised in one or more newspapers of general circulation published in the county, not less than three weeks with a date specified therein; giving an opportunity for hearing any protests or objections thereto and stating that copies of such proposed ordinances or resolutions may be obtained on application to the clerk of the County Commissioners.