[HISTORY: Adopted by the Commissioners (now Mayor and Council)
of the Town of Leonardtown 2-13-1989 by Res. No. 2-89. Due to the nature of the Charter,
no substantive or nonsubstantive changes have been made during publication.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
PREAMBLE
We, the People of Leonardtown, the oldest incorporated Town
of Maryland, the State's Mother County, grateful to God for our
heritage of religious and political freedom, our legacy of a beautiful
natural resource in Breton Bay and possessing a belief in fundamental
principles of Democracy, do adopt, ordain and establish for our government
this CHARTER OF LEONARDTOWN, ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.