[HISTORY: Adopted as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as indicated in text (Ch. 10 of the 1990 Code of
Public Local Laws)]
[1961 Code, § 97; 1970 Code, Sec. 3-4; 1974, ch.
240, § 3]
Albert Constable, Lewis Marshall Haines, Henry M. McCullough,
Austin L. Crothers, John S. Wirt, George A. Blake, William S. Evans,
William T. Warburton, Albert Constable, Jr., Heister Hess, John S.
Strahorn, Reuben Haines, Omar D. Crothers, J. Wilson Squier, Henry
L. Constable, Robert C. Thackery and Joshua Clayton, and such other
persons as may hereafter become members of the same, and their successors,
are hereby created a corporation by the name and title of "Cecil County
Bar and Law Library Association," and by that name shall have perpetual
succession, sue and be sued, answer and defend in any court of law
and equity, and may adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations as may
be from time to time necessary and proper for conducting the affairs
of said corporation as shall not be contrary to the laws of the United
States or of this state, and may have and use a seal and alter and
change the same at pleasure, and in general exercise all the rights,
privileges and immunities as by law are incident or necessary to the
corporation herein constituted.
[1961 Code, § 97; 1970 Code, Sec. 3-5; 1974, ch.
240, § 3]
Said corporation, under the above name, shall be capable in
law of purchasing, holding, selling and conveying property, real,
personal and mixed, as far as shall be necessary for the purpose for
which it is incorporated.
[1961 Code, § 99; 1970 Code, Sec. 3-6; 1974, ch.
240, § 3; 1998, ch. 352, § 1; amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-12]
One-half of all fines and penalties hereafter paid, imposed
by the Circuit Court for Cecil County, upon any person or persons
convicted in said court of any crime, and 1/2 of all forfeitures that
may be collected by said court by judgment or decree of said court,
shall be paid to the Cecil County Bar and Law Library Association,
Inc. for the purpose of maintaining the Law Library and for other
charitable and educational purposes authorized under the Courts and
Judicial Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, § 7-507,
or other applicable law.
[1961 Code, § 100; 1970 Code, Sec. 3-7; 1974, ch.
240, § 3]
The Judges of the Circuit Court of Cecil County shall have the
use of any and all of the books of the Association as fully as any
of the members thereof.
[1961 Code, § 101; 1970 Code, Sec. 3-7; 1974, ch.
240, § 3]
The affairs of said Association shall be managed by seven Directors
to be elected by the incorporators hereinbefore named at a meeting
to be held at the County seat of Cecil County, after a majority of
them have been notified of said meeting and of the time and place
of holding the same, to serve for one year or until their successors,
thereafter to be elected annually by the members thereof, are elected
and qualified.
[1961 Code, § 102; 1970 Code, Sec. 3-9; 1974, ch.
240, § 3]
As soon as said Directors shall have been elected and organized
by electing a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer,
they shall give notice of the same, in writing, to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County, and upon demand of the Treasurer of
said Association the Clerk shall pay to him 1/2 of all fines or forfeitures
received since March 25, 1904, 1/2 of all fines thereafter received,
upon demand of said Treasurer.
[Adopted as indicated in text (Ch. 6 of the 1990 Code of
Public Local Laws)]
[1969, ch. 714, § 1; 1970 Code, Sec. 1-7(a); amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-12]
There is an Airport Authority of Cecil County, with the members,
powers, duties, functions and operations provided in this article.
[1969, ch. 714, § 1; 1970 Code, Sec. 1-7(b); 1988,
ch. 227, § 2; amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-12]
There shall be five members of the Authority, to be selected
and appointed by the County Executive in accordance with the Charter.
Of the members first appointed to the Commission, one shall be appointed
for an initial term of one year, one for an initial term of two years,
one for an initial term of three years, one for an initial term of
four years and one for an initial term of five years. As these initial
terms expire, the terms of succeeding members shall be for four years
each. The County Executive shall appoint persons to the Authority
who are skilled and proficient in the general subject of aviation
and airports. The County Executive, from time to time, shall designate
a Chairman of the Authority. All members of the Authority at the time
of appointment and during their service on the Authority shall be
residents of Cecil County. The Authority shall meet regularly to carry
out its functions under this section.
[1969, ch. 714, § 1; 1970 Code, Sec. 1-7(c); 1988,
ch. 227, § 2]
The Airport Authority shall study the need and possibilities
for an airport in Cecil County, the rules, regulations, and requirements
of the Federal Aviation Administration and the State Aviation Administration
in relation to any such facility, the possibilities for obtaining
state or federal funds for the construction and operation of an airport,
possible sites for an airport, and such other matters as properly
are related to, and fall within the scope of, the intent and purpose
of this article.
[1969, ch. 714, § 1; 1970 Code, Sec. 1-7(d)]
From time to time, the Airport Authority shall report to the
County Executive and to the citizens of Cecil County the results of
its studies and deliberations, together with any summarized information
it may compile and with such recommendations as it may think feasible
and proper for the progress and development of aviation and airports
in Cecil County.
[1969, ch. 714, § 1; 1970 Code, Sec. 1-7(e); amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-12]
Following such studies, the Cecil County Council may establish
by ordinance and construct an airport or airports in Cecil County,
under the provisions of this article. In that event, it or they shall
be operated and maintained under the control, direction, and supervision
of the Airport Authority.
[1969, ch. 714, § 1; 1970 Code, Sec. 1-7(f); amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-12]
For the purposes of this article, the Airport Authority, with
such funds as are made available to it from time to time by the County,
may engage and contract for the services of such assistants, consultants
and employees as deemed necessary for the work and purpose of the
Airport Authority. The Authority, upon recommendation of the County
Executive and approval by the Council, may accept grants-in-aid, monies,
and gifts from other sources, public and private, for use in relation
to the purposes and intent of this article.
[1969, ch. 714, § 1; 1970 Code, Sec. 1-7(g)]
Cecil County, from time to time, may borrow money on the faith
and credit of Cecil County for capital expenditures imposed or incurred
for the construction, reconstruction, repair, or enlargement of an
airport or airports in Cecil County.
[1969, ch. 714, § 1; 1970 Code, Sec. 1-7(h)]
Cecil County and the Airport Authority of Cecil County each
may adopt, promulgate, and from time to time amend, supplement, or
repeal reasonable rules and regulations within the meaning and intent
of this article to expedite and give effect to the exercise of their
respective powers and duties under this article.
