204                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 101

if this Act had not been passed. No tax levied or any proceed-
ing taken for the collection of any such tax or enforcement of
the payment of the same before the passage of this Act, shall
in any manner be affected by the passage of this Act, and the
mode of procedure in any such matter shall be the same as if
this Act had not been passed.

122N. All officers provided for or named in the charter
of Chestertown or any amendments thereto, as it now stands
before the passage of this Act, whether by election or appoint-
ment, shall continue to hold, exercise and discharge the duties
of their respective offices until their successors shall be duly
qualified, and nothing contained in this Act shall be construed
to interfere with the continuity of the terms or tenure of said
officers; nor shall a reappointment or re-election of any of said
officers be necessary in order to secure the said continuity of
their terms and tenures of office, unless otherwise provided
in this Act.

UNCONSTITUTIONALLY.

122-0. Each section of this Act and every part of each
section are hereby declared to be individual sections, and the
holding of any section or sections or part or parts thereof to
be void, ineffective or unconstitutional for any cause shall not
be deemed to affect any other section or part thereof.

Penalties.

122P. The Mayor and Council of Chestertown shall have
power to fix, impose and collect fines, penalties and forfeitures
for the breach of any ordinance by it enacted, but, in no case,
shall any fine greater than the sum of twenty-five dollars
($25. 00) be imposed for the violation or breach of any ordi-
nance.

CONFLICT.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all local laws and
parts of local laws inconsistent with or in conflict with this
Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1, 1931.

Approved April 6, 1931.