Editor's Note: In the 1930 Edition of the Code of Public Local Laws of Wicomico County, the Charter of Salisbury was in sections 258 to 342, inclusive. These sections were repealed by ch. 534 of 1951, which enacted 172 new sections as the City Charter. In Ch. A229 of this volume there is a list of the Acts of the General Assembly which had amended the old Charter, following the 1930 Code and up to 1951.
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Salisbury has been authorized to borrow money as follows: 1931, ch. 5: $ 50,000. Street improvements; 1931, ch. 15: 75,000. Water and sewer systems; 1935, ch. 163: 30,000. Sewer systems; 1937, ch. 138: 30,000. Bypass road; 1939, ch. 218: 55,000. Bypass road; 1941, ch. 22: 55,000. Bypass road; 1941, ch. 102: 85,000. Bypass road; 1945, ch. 832: 25,000. Fire-fighting equipment; 1945, ch. 890: 400,000. Sanitary sewerage system; (approved at referendum; see 1947 Session Laws, p. 2289); 1948 Sp. Sess., ch. 29: 50,000. Street paving; 1949, ch. 73: 25,000. Fire-fighting equipment; 1949, ch. 101: 50,000. Street paving; 1949, ch. 103: 400,000. Sanitary sewerage system; 1949, ch. 521: 35,000. Stormwater drainage; 1950, ch. 60: 75,000. Upton Street School property; 1951, ch. 439: 140,000. Water, sewer systems; 1951, ch. 520: 810,000. Sewage treatment plant; 1953, ch. 143: 10,000. Ambulance and equipment; 1953, ch. 147: 190,000. Water, sewer systems; Section 1 of the new Charter enacted by ch. 534 of 1951 was made subject to a referendum. It was approved by the voters, 396 to 289.
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Section 1 of the new Charter enacted by ch. 534 of 1951 was
made subject to a referendum. It was approved by the voters, 396 to
289.
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See 1953 Session Laws, p. 1923. Section 1 became effective on
January 1, 1952.
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Ch. 243, 1961, authorized the County Commissioners of Wicomico
County to pay $22,839.14 to Salisbury as reimbursement for the construction
of a water main in the Ocean City Road-Moss Hill Lane area.
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Secs. 273 and 293 in the Old Salisbury Charter, as found in
the 1930 Edition of the Code of Public Local Laws of Wicomico County,
were cited in Mount Airy v. Sappington, 195 Md. 266, 73 A. 2d 452
(1950).
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Sec. 293 in the old Salisbury Charter had the following annotations:
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Under the Charter of Salisbury, as amended by Chapter 636 of
the Acts of 1912, empowering the Mayor and Council to pass bylaws
and ordinances as they may deem necessary for the good government
of the city, to preserve the health, peace and safety of the inhabitants,
the protection of property thereof, and to regulate the construction
and repair of buildings and the grant of permits therefor, the Mayor
and Council had power to pass an ordinance requesting any person desiring
to erect or repair a building to apply for a permit, stating the location,
size, materials and intended use of the building. Farmers and Planters
Company v. Salisbury, 136 Md. 617, 111 A. 112 (1920).
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Where an ordinance passed in accordance with powers covered
in the Charter prohibits the erection of a building without first
obtaining a permit from the Mayor and Council, the action of the latter
in refusing a permit, made after careful consideration and the weighing
of letters and petitions from those living in the vicinity, cannot
be judicially questioned. Farmers and Planters Company v. Salisbury,
136 Md. 617, 111 A. 112 (1920).
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