[Adopted 1-6-1969 as part of Ord. No. 201 (§ 1-11 and 1-13 of the
1968 Code)]
In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances, the
following rules shall be observed unless such construction would be
inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Mayor and Council:
When a bond is required, an undertaking in writing shall
be sufficient.
Pocomoke City in Worcester County, State of Maryland, except
as otherwise provided.
The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed
by excluding the first and including the last day, and, if the last
day is a Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
The City Council of Pocomoke City, Maryland.
Worcester County, Maryland.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "gender," which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 349.
[Amended 6-2-1997 by Ord.
No. 349]
Whenever in this Code or any ordinance of the City any act is
prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or
a misdemeanor and not specifically declared to be a municipal infraction,
or whenever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required
or the failure to do an act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific
penalty is provided therefor, the violator of any such provision of
the Code or any ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$1,000 and/or imprisonment for up to six months. Each day any violation
of any provision of this Code or of any ordinance shall continue shall
constitute a separate offense.
