Wicomico County, MD
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2023-07-06
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Division 2 Municipal Charters
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Chapter FC Fruitland Charter
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Article VIII Department of Law
- Division 1 The County Charter
- Ch C County Charter
- Division 2 Municipal Charters
- Ch DC Delmar Charter
- Ch FC Fruitland Charter
- Ch FC Art VIII Department of Law
- § FC8-1 Establishment, etc., appointment, terms and compensation of City Solicitor.
- § FC8-2 Qualifications of City Solicitor.
- § FC8-3 Duties of City Solicitor generally.
- Ch HC Hebron Charter
- Ch MC Mardela Springs Charter
- Ch PC Pittsville Charter
- Ch SC Salisbury Charter
- Ch SHC Sharptown Charter
- Ch WC Willards Charter
- Division 3 The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aviation
- Ch 7 Board of Appeals
- Ch 9 Bridges
- Ch 13 County Internal Auditor
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Emergency Management
- Ch 18 Compensation and Allowance Commission
- Ch 19 Contracts and Purchasing
- Ch 20 Correction, Department of
- Ch 22 County Property
- Ch 27 Deeds
- Ch 29 Finance
- Ch 30 Clean Energy Loan Program
- Ch 31 Election Districts
- Ch 33 Elections
- Ch 36 Environment, Commission on
- Ch 37 Ethics Law
- Ch 39 Fire and Ambulance Companies and Rescue Squads
- Ch 41 Fire Protection
- Ch 44 Housing Authority
- Ch 46 Law Enforcement Review Board
- Ch 47 Library System
- Ch 56 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Personnel Rules
- Ch 62 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 64 Planning Organization, Areawide
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Pocomoke River
- Ch 70 Recreation, Parks and Tourism
- Ch 72 Register of Wills
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Roads and Improvements
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 83 Seal
- Ch 86 Sheriff
- Ch 87 Special Benefit Districts
- Ch 88 Substance Abuse Policy
- Ch 90 Tax Exemptions
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 Urban Service Districts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 104 Agricultural Land Preservation
- Ch 105 Alarms
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Assemblies, Mass Public
- Ch 117 Building Construction
- Ch 119 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch 125 Critical Area Resource Protection
- Ch 126 Forest Conservation
- Ch 130 (Reserved)
- Ch 133 Animal Control
- Ch 135 Drugs and Tobacco Products
- Ch 138 Electrical Standards
- Ch 140 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 141 Fees
- Ch 144 Fire Prevention
- Ch 146 Fires
- Ch 148 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 149 Floodplain Management
- Ch 151 Fortune-Telling
- Ch 153 Foxes
- Ch 156 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 158 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 160 Housing Standards
- Ch 169 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 170 Motels and Places of Amusements
- Ch 174 Nuisances
- Ch 179 Parks, Recreational Facilities and Areas
- Ch 180 Peddlers
- Ch 183 Plumbing
- Ch 186 Right to Farm
- Ch 190 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 (Reserved)
- Ch 196 Stormwater Management
- Ch 197 Streets and Addressing System
- Ch 200 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 203 Taxation
- Ch 205 Taxicabs
- Ch 211 Trailer Camps
- Ch 213 Transient Merchants
- Ch 216 Trespass
- Ch 218 Vagrants
- Ch 221 Violations and Penalties
- Ch 225 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A228 Acts Appearing as Footnotes in 1965 Code
- Ch A229 Acts Not Elsewhere Referred to
- Ch A230 Comparative Table of Sections
- Ch A231 Derivation Table
- Ch A232 Disposition Lists
- Ch A233 Rules of Legislative Procedure
There shall be a Department of Law headed by the City Solicitor.
The City Solicitor shall be appointed by the Council upon the recommendation
of the President. He shall serve at the pleasure of the Council. His
compensation shall be determined by the Council.
The City Solicitor shall be a member of the Bar of the Circuit
Court for Wicomico County, who has resided in and practiced law in
Wicomico County for not less than two (2) years preceding his appointment.
A.
Legal advisor of city. The City Solicitor shall be the legal advisor
of the City of Fruitland, its departments and commissions, and shall
have general supervision and direction of all legal business of the
city.
B.
Preparation and trial of suits, etc. The City Solicitor shall have
charge of the preparation and trial of all suits, actions and proceedings
of every kind to which the city shall be a party in any court, state
or federal, and of all actions brought by the city to enforce the
ordinances of the Council or to punish violations thereof.
C.
Written advice on request of Council, etc. Upon the request of the
Council, any member thereof or any officer of the city, he shall give
written advice or opinions on all questions of law which may be referred
to him.
D.
Preparation of ordinances. He shall prepare ordinances for introduction
into the Council.
E.
Preparation of contracts, etc. He shall prepare, examine and approve
as to form and legal sufficiency all the contracts, specifications,
deeds and other legal papers of the city.
