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CHAP. 370
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title "Wicomico County," sub-title "Salisbury," to be
designated as Sections 1 A, 1 B, 146 A and 146 B, and Section
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Repeal and
re-enact.
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140, sub-Section 5, and Section 154 of Chapter 685 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of 1904, be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, in sections
and sub-sections as hereinafter set forth.
130 A. All property and franchises of every kind belonging
to or in possession of the Mayor and Council of Salisbury
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Property and
franchises
vested in
said corpora-
tion.
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are vested in said corporation; the said corporation may
receive in trust and may control for the purpose of said trust
all moneys and assets which may have been or shall be
bestowed upon it by will, deed or any other form of gift or
conveyance in trust for any general corporate purpose, or in
aid of the indigent poor or for any general purpose of
education, or for charitable purpose of any description within
the said city.
130 B. The title of the Mayor and Council of Salisbury in
and to its water fronts, wharf property, land under water,
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Title to water
fronts, wharf
property,
etc., inalien-
able.
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public landings, wharfs, docks, highways, avenues, streets,
lanes, alleys and parks is hereby declared to be inalienable.
The Mayor and Council of Salisbury may grant, for a limited
time, specific franchises, rights in or relating to any of the
public property or places mentioned in this section; pro-
vided, that such grants are in compliance with the require-
ments of this Article, and that the terms and conditions of
the grant shall have first been authorized and set forth in an
ordinance duly passed by the Council and approved by the
Mayor. Every such grant shall specifically set forth and
define the nature, extent and duration of the franchise or
right thereby granted, and no franchise or right shall pass
by implication under any such grant, and notwithstanding
any such grant the Mayor and Council of Salisbury shall at
all times have and retain the power and right to reasonably
regulate, in the public interest, the exercise of the franchise
or right so granted. And the Mayor and Council of Salis-
bury shall not have power, by grant or ordinance, to divest
itself of the power or right to so regulate the exercise of
such right or franchise; nothing contained in this Article
shall prevent the Mayor and Council of Salisbury from dis-
posing of any building or parcel of land no longer needed
for public use.
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