560 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 216

require, shall give bond in such amount and with such
surety as may be required by the council. The premiums
on such bonds shall be paid by the town.

DEEDS

90. No deed or deeds conveying real estate or chattels,
real, situated or located within the corporate limits of the
Town of Friendsville shall be admitted to record among
the land records of the Circuit Court for Garrett County
until the property thereby conveyed or assigned has been
duly transferred upon the town assessment books in the
office of the clerk-treasurer to the grantee or assignee
named in such deed. Before such property shall be trans-
ferred on the assessment books, all town taxes, special
assessments, water rents, and other public charges due to
the Town of Friendsville for the current year and all prior
years must be paid, and as evidence of such payment, the
clerk-treasurer shall stamp upon the deed his certificate
thereof. The clerk-treasurer shall further certify the fact
of the transfer upon the deed, and the clerk of the Circuit
Court shall not record or accept for recording any deed
without the certificates of the clerk-treasurer as prescribed
by this section.

PRIOR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

91. All right, title, and interest held by the Town of
Friendsville 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 pen-
alty whatever 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against any law or ordinance repealed by this charter,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.

EXISTING ORDINANCES

92. All ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations
in effect in the town at the time this charter is adopted
and which are not in conflict with the provisions of this
charter, shall remain in effect until amended, altered, or
repealed according to the provisions of this charter.