The Clerk-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.
All right, title and interest held by the City or any other
person or corporation on May 8, 1958, in and to any lien acquired
under any prior Charter of the City 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 on May 8, 1958. 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any law or ordinance repealed by this Charter shall be instituted,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.
[Amended 1-10-1979 by Res. No. 142; 1-24-1979 by Res. No. 143; 1-24-1979 by Res. No. 144; 5-12-1999 by Res. No. 284]
The City Council may provide that violations of any municipal ordinance shall be a municipal infraction within the terms of § 3(b) of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland as the same may be amended from time to time and Chapter
10 of the City Code and is further empowered to provide for same by ordinance.
If any section or part thereof of this Charter shall be held
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not
affect the remainder of this Charter nor the context in which such
section or part thereof so held invalid shall appear, except to the
extent that an entire section or part thereof may be inseparably connected
in meaning and effect with the section or part thereof to which such
holding shall directly apply.