The following persons, before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall make oath before the City Clerk that they will diligently and faithfully, without partiality, favor or prejudice, and well and truly perform the duties of their offices: members of the Council, the City Manager, City Solicitor, heads of all offices, departments and agencies of the city government and the members of the Board of Election Supervisors. The City Clerk shall be sworn in by the President or Vice President of the Council. Each oath shall be recorded by the City Clerk in a book kept for this purpose, and a notation thereof shall be recorded in the minutes of the next ensuing meeting of the Council. A certified copy of such oath under seal may be used as evidence in any court in the state.
No officer or employee of the city who serves the city in an executive capacity shall enter into or make any contract for doing work or furnishing supplies or materials for the city, nor shall they in any manner participate in the profits of any contract made by or entered into by them for the city with any person, firm or corporation. Any such contract shall be null and void and funds due thereunder shall not be recoverable at law by the officer or employee of the city. This section shall not apply to any stockholder of a corporation who is not an officer of the corporation.
The City Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer and such other officers or employees of the city as the Council or this Charter may require shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be required by the Council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city.
No deed or deeds conveying real estate or chattels real, situated or located within the corporate limits of the City of Fruitland shall be admitted to record among the land records of Wicomico County, Maryland, until the property thereby conveyed or assigned has been duly transferred upon the city assessment books in the office of the City Treasurer to the grantee or assignee named in such deed. Before any such property shall be transferred on the assessment books, all city taxes, special assessments, water rents and sewer charges and all other public charges due the City of Fruitland on such property for the current year and all prior years must be paid, and as evidence of such payment the City Treasurer shall stamp upon the deed his certificate thereof. The City Treasurer shall further certify the fact of the transfer upon the deed, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall not record or accept for recording any deed without the certificates of the City Treasurer as prescribed by this section.
All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations in effect in the city at the date of final adoption hereof and which are not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter shall be effective and remain effective until amended, altered or repealed according to the provisions of this Charter.
Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Charter, unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable upon conviction before any Judge of the District or Circuit Court of the county within which the offense is committed by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.) or imprisonment for thirty (30) days in the county jail, or both, in the discretion of the Court. The party aggrieved shall have the right to appeal as is provided under the general laws of the state. Where the act or omission is of continuing nature and is persisted in, in violation of the provisions of this Charter or of any rules or regulations formulated hereunder, a conviction for one (1) offense shall not be a bar to a conviction for a continuation of the offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.