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THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1465
able upon conviction before any trial magistrate or in the
Circuit Court for the County within which the offense is
committed by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars
($100. 00), or imprisonment for thirty days in the county
jail, or both, in the discretion of the court or trial magis-
trate. The party aggrieved shall have the right to appeal
as is now provided under the general laws of the State.
Where an act or omission is of a continuing nature and is
persisted in, in violation of the provisions of this charter
or of any rules or regulations formulated hereunder, a con-
viction for one offense shall not be a bar to a conviction for
a continuance of the offense subsequent to the first or any
succeeding conviction.
ARTICLE XIII
Charter Amendments
AUTHORIZED:
112. Amendments to this charter may be made as here-
inafter provided, and such amendments shall have the same
force of law as if they had been enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. The word "amendments" as used
in this Article shall include alterations and additions.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE POWER TO
MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THIS CHARTER SHALL
SPECIFICALLY NOT INCLUDE (1) ANY POWER TO
BROADEN OR EXPAND THE PROVISIONS OF SEC-
TION 90 HEREINABOVE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF
PROPERTY; (2) ANY POWER TO ISSUE ANY BONDS
OR OTHER CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
OVER AND BEYOND THE POWERS CONFERRED IN
THIS CHARTER; OR (3) ANY POWER TO INCREASE
THE RATE OF THE LEVY FOR THE GENERAL OPER-
ATING PURPOSES OF THE CITY AS SPECIFIED IN
SECTION 56 HEREINABOVE.
PROPOSAL BY COUNCIL:
113. Amendments may be proposed by a majority vote
of all the members of the council. The ordinance proposing
an amendment shall provide for an expression of the will
of the qualified voters at a special or the next succeeding
general election. Special charter amendment elections shall
be administered as other elections. Charter amendments
shall enact a new section or sections, or they shall repeal a
section or sections of the charter and re-enact the same as
amended.
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