A.
Oath required. Before entering upon the duties of their offices,
the Commissioners, the Clerk, the Treasurer, 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 to 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
bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland, and 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. All officers, except the Town Clerk,
shall take and subscribe to this oath or affirmation before the Town
Clerk or before one of the sworn deputies of the Clerk. The Town Clerk
shall do so before the President of the Commissioners.
The Treasurer and such other officers or employees of the town
as the Council of Commissioners 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 town.
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or ordinance repealed by this Charter, shall be instituted, proceeded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.
Every act or omission which, by ordinance, is made a misdemeanor
under the authority of this Charter, unless otherwise provided, shall
be punishable upon conviction by the District Court sitting in the
county within which the offense is committed by a fine not exceeding
two hundred dollars ($200.) or imprisonment for sixty (60) days in
the county jail, or both, in the discretion of the court. Where the
act or omission is of a continuing nature and is persisted in, a conviction
for one offense is not a bar to a conviction for a continuation of
the offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.
A.
Ordinances, etc., 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.
B.
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 repealed to the extent of such conflict.
If any section or part of section of this Charter is held invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, this holding shall not affect
the remainder of this Charter or the context in which such section
or part of section so held invalid appears, 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.
