The Town Clerk and such other officers or employees
of the Town as the Commission or this Charter may require, shall give
bond in such amount and with such surety as may be required by the
Commission. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the Town.
All right, title and interest held by the Town
or any other person or corporation at the time this Charter is adopted,
in and to any lien acquired under any prior Charter of the Town, 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 existing at the
time this Charter becomes effective. 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or ordinance repealed by this Charter, shall be instituted, proceeded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.
Every act or omission which, by ordinance, is made a misdemeanor under the authority of this Charter unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable, upon conviction, as provided in Article
III, § C-21A, of this Charter. Where the act or omission is of a continuing nature and is persisted in, a conviction for one offense is not a bar to a conviction for a continuation of the offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.
If any section or part of section of this Charter
is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, this holding
shall not affect the remainder of this Charter or the context in which
such section or part of section so held invalid appears, except to
the extent that an entire section or part of section may be inseparably
connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section
to which such holding shall directly apply.