[Amended 12-28-2005 by Res. No. 01-2005]
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Oath required. Before entering upon the duties of their offices, the Mayor, Council members, the Director of Finance, the members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections and all other persons elected or appointed to any office of profit or trust in the town government shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation:
"I ________________ do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States; and that I will be faithful and will bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland, and will support the Constitution and laws thereof; and that I will, to the best of my skill and judgment, diligently and faithfully, without partiality or prejudice, execute the office of _________________according to the Constitution and laws of this state."
B. 
Before whom taken and subscribed. The Mayor shall take and subscribe this oath or affirmation before the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county or before one of the sworn deputies of the Clerk. All other persons taking and subscribing the oath shall do so before the Mayor.
All right, title and interest held by the town or any other person or corporation at the time this Charter is adopted, in and to any lien acquired under any prior Charter of the town are hereby preserved for the holder in all respects as if this Charter had not been adopted, together with all rights and remedies in relation thereto. This Charter shall not discharge, impair or release any contract, obligation, duty, liability or penalty whatever existing at the time this Charter becomes effective. All suits and actions, both civil and criminal, pending or which may hereafter be instituted for causes of action now existing or offenses already committed against any law or ordinance repealed by this Charter, shall be instituted, proceeded with and prosecuted to final determination and judgment as if this Charter had not become effective.
A. 
Misdemeanors. Every act or omission which by ordinance is made a misdemeanor under the authority of this Charter, unless otherwise provided, upon conviction before any judge of the District Court or Circuit Court of Carroll County, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
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Infractions. Every act or omission which by ordinance is made an infraction shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). The fine shall be paid by the offender to the town within twenty (20) calendar days of receipt of a citation. Repeat offenders may be assessed a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each repeated offense. Each day a violation continues shall, unless otherwise provided, constitute a separate or repeat offense.
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Ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations not in conflict with Charter remain in effect. All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations in effect in the town at the time this Charter becomes effective, which are not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter, shall remain in effect until changed or repealed according to the provisions of this Charter.
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Ordinances, etc., in conflict with Charter repealed. All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations in effect in the town at the time this Charter becomes effective, which are in conflict with the provisions of this Charter, are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
If any section or part of section of this Charter shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Charter nor the context in which such section or part of section so held invalid shall appear, except to the extent that an entire section or part of section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section to which such holding shall directly apply.