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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Division 1 The County Charter
- Ch C County Charter
- Division 2 Municipal Charters
- Ch DC Delmar Charter
- Ch FC Fruitland Charter
- Ch HC Hebron Charter
- Ch MC Mardela Springs Charter
- Ch PC Pittsville Charter
- Ch SC Salisbury Charter
- Ch SC Art I Incorporation and General Government
- § SC1-1 Incorporation.
- § SC1-2 Corporate limits.
- § SC1-3 through § SC1-16. (Reserved)
- § SC1-16.1 (Reserved)
- § SC1-17 Applicability.
- § SC1-18 Inhabitants.
- § SC1-19 Form of government.
- § SC1-20 Districts.
- Ch SC Art II The Council
- § SC2-1 Number; selection; term.
- § SC2-2 Qualifications.
- § SC2-3 Salary.
- § SC2-4 Meetings.
- § SC2-5 Procedure.
- § SC2-6 Procedure.
- § SC2-7 Vacancies.
- § SC2-8 Departments.
- § SC2-9 Salaries of officers and employees.
- § SC2-10 Procedure for discharge of certain department heads.
- § SC2-11 Ordinances.
- § SC2-12 Veto.
- § SC2-13 File of ordinances.
- § SC2-14 Ordinances to be delivered to People's Court.
- § SC2-15 General powers.
- § SC2-16 Referendum.
- Ch SC Art III The Mayor
- § SC3-1 Term.
- § SC3-2 Qualifications.
- § SC3-3 Salary.
- § SC3-4 Powers.
- Ch SC Art IV City Administrator
- § SC4-1 City Administrator and Deputy Administrator.
- § SC4-2 Appointment.
- § SC4-3 Duties full time.
- § SC4-4 Compensation.
- § SC4-5 Duties.
- Ch SC Art V General Powers
- § SC5-1 Enumeration.
- § SC5-2 Saving Clause.
- § SC5-3 Enforcement.
- § SC5-4 Exercise of powers.
- Ch SC Art VI Elections
- § SC6-1 Voters.
- § SC6-2 City of Salisbury Election Board.
- § SC6-3 Duties of board
- § SC6-4 Registration of voters.
- § SC6-5 Conduct of elections.
- § SC6-6 Nomination.
- § SC6-7 (Reserved)
- § SC6-8 Filing fee.
- § SC6-9 Election of Mayor and Council.
- § SC6-10 Notice of elections.
- § SC6-11 Challengers and Watchers.
- § SC6-12 Vacancies.
- § SC6-13 Recall of elected officials.
- § SC6-14 Nonpartisan elections.
- § SC6-15 Tie elections.
- Ch SC Art VII Finance
- § SC7-1 Department of Finance.
- § SC7-2 Same: powers and duties
- § SC7-3 Bond.
- § SC7-4 Expenditures to be authorized by Council.
- § SC7-5 Fiscal year.
- § SC7-6 Estimates.
- § SC7-7 Budget message.
- § SC7-8 Budget contents.
- § SC7-9 Classification of revenues.
- § SC7-10 Revenue figures for previous years.
- § SC7-11 Public utilities.
- § SC7-12 Expenditures.
- § SC7-13 Expenditure figures for previous years.
- § SC7-14 Budget summary.
- § SC7-15 Budget a public record.
- § SC7-16 Notice of hearing.
- § SC7-17 Public hearing.
- § SC7-18 Public statements by officials.
- § SC7-19 Council action.
- § SC7-20 Vote on budget.
- § SC7-21 Final adoption date.
- § SC7-22 Certified copy on file.
- § SC7-23 Budget establishes appropriations.
- § SC7-24 Allotments.
- § SC7-25 Signatures or authorizations required for disbursements.
- § SC7-26 Disbursements.
- § SC7-27 Transfer of funds.
- § SC7-28 Contingency Fund.
- § SC7-29 Overexpenditure forbidden.
- § SC7-30 Appropriations lapse after one year.
- § SC7-31 Fees.
- § SC7-32 Audit.
- § SC7-33 Public utility revenues.
- § SC7-34 Budget authorizes levy.
- § SC7-35 Taxable property.
- § SC7-36 When taxes are overdue.
- § SC7-37 Tax bills.
- § SC7-38 Sale of property.
- § SC7-39 Report to Circuit Court.
- § SC7-40 Circuit Court action.
- § SC7-41 Receipts from sale.
- § SC7-42 Redemption of property.
- § SC7-43 Tax sales covered by state law.
- § SC7-44 Industrial exemptions.
- § SC7-45 Public debt.
- § SC7-46 Procedure.
- § SC7-47 Tax anticipation notes.
- § SC7-48 Debt limit.
- § SC7-49 Emergency appropriations.
- § SC7-50 Emergency borrowing.
- § SC7-51 Previous issues.
- § SC7-52 Tax exemption.
- Ch SC Art VIII City Clerk
- § SC8-1 Appointment.
- § SC8-2 (Reserved)
- § SC8-3 Duties.
- Ch SC Art IX Department of Law
- § SC9-1 City Solicitor.
- § SC9-2 Qualifications.
- § SC9-3 Duties.
- Ch SC Art X Department of Infrastructure and Development and Department of Field Operations
- § SC10-1 Director of Infrastructure and Development.
- § SC10-2 Duties of the Director of Infrastructure and Development.
- § SC10-3 Department of Field Operations.
- § SC10-4 Duties of the Director of Field Operations.
- Ch SC Art XI Public Ways and Sidewalks
- § SC11-1 Definitions.
- § SC11-2 Control.
- § SC11-3 Public ways.
- § SC11-4 Sidewalks.
- § SC11-5 Construction by property owners.
- § SC11-6 Other projects.
- § SC11-7 Acquisition of property.
- § SC11-8 Subdivision control.
- § SC11-9 Unauthorized changes.
- § SC11-10 Bonds.
- § SC11-11 Dams.
- Ch SC Art XII Water and Sewers
- § SC12-1 Powers.
- § SC12-2 Department of Water Works.
- § SC12-3 Placing structures in public ways.
- § SC12-4 Obstructions.
- § SC12-5 Entering on county or state public ways.
- § SC12-6 Acquisition of property.
- § SC12-7 Connections.
- § SC12-8 Revolving Fund.
- § SC12-9 Extensions beyond boundaries.
- § SC12-10 Construction of private systems.
- § SC12-11 Pollution of water supply.
- § SC12-12 Finance.
- Ch SC Art XIII Redevelopment; Urban Renewal
- § SC13-1 Definitions.
- § SC13-2 Powers.
- § SC13-3 Exercise of powers.
- § SC13-4 Initiation of project.
- § SC13-5 Preparation and approval of plan.
- § SC13-6 Disposal of property in area.
- § SC13-7 Eminent domain.
- § SC13-8 Encouragement of private enterprise.
- § SC13-9 General obligation bonds.
- § SC13-10 Revenue bonds.
- § SC13-11 Bonds as legal investments.
- § SC13-12 Severability.
- Ch SC Art XIV Special Assessment Procedure
- § SC14-1 Levy and collection of special assessments.
- § SC14-2 Procedure where abutting properties are specially benefited.
- § SC14-3 Procedure where special assessment districts are specially benefited.
- Ch SC Art XV Condemnation
- § SC15-1 Procedure.
- Ch SC Art XVI Purchases and Sales; City Property Inventory
- § SC16-1 Department of Procurement.
- § SC16-2 Additional duties and powers of the Director of Procurement.
- § SC16-3 General policy of competitive bidding; exceptions.
- § SC16-4 Procedure for competitive bidding.
- § SC16-5 Procedure when competitive bidding not required.
- § SC16-6 Accounting control; overexpenditure forbidden.
- § SC16-7 Board of Standardization established; composition; compensation; powers and duties; purchases without competitive bidding.
- § SC16-8 Sale or other disposition of surplus, obsolete or unused property.
- § SC16-9 Sale or other disposition of urban renewal property.
- § SC16-10 City property inventory.
- Ch SC Art XVII Police Department
- § SC17-1 Chief of Police.
- § SC17-2 Duties.
- § SC17-3 Police Officers.
- § SC17-4 Special Police Officers.
- Ch SC Art XVIII Fire Department
- § SC18-1 Fire Chief.
- § SC18-2 Firefighters.
- § SC18-3 Volunteer firefighters.
- Ch SC Art XIX Department of Parks and Public Property
- § SC19-1 Department of Parks and Public Property established.
- § SC19-2 Duties.
- § SC19-3 Possession.
- § SC19-4 Property in trust.
- § SC19-5 Protection.
- Ch SC Art XX Miscellaneous Provisions
- § SC20-1 Oath of office.
- § SC20-2 Ethics Commission.
- § SC20-3 Official bonds.
- § SC20-4 Deeds.
- § SC20-5 Prior rights and obligations.
- § SC20-6 Existing laws.
- § SC20-7 Existing ordinances.
- § SC20-8 Women.
- § SC20-9 (Reserved)
- Ch SC Art XXI Charter Amendments
- § SC21-1 Authorized.
- § SC21-2 Amendment of Charter.
- Ch SC Art XXII Legality
- § SC22-1 Inconsistent laws.
- § SC22-2 Saving clause.
- § SC22-3 Severability clause.
- Ch SC Art XXIII
- § SC23-1 Collective bargaining.
- 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