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of a uniformed police officer or of a properly identified police officer not in
uniform, if the surrounding circumstances are such as to indicate to a
reasonable man that the public safety requires such identification.

92A-4. Lawful Assembly.

Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit orderly picketing or
other lawful assembly.

92A-5. Penalties.

Any person violating any of the provisions herein shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a
fine of not more than $100.00 or imprisonment for not more than ten days,
or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Any police officer witnessing a violation of this ordinance may, as an
alternative to making an arrest, issue to said violator a "Notice of Viola-
tion," which notice, in addition to such factors as shall be required by
such form of notice as may be approved by the county manager, shall
specify the violation with which said violator is charged, and shall set
forth the hour, date, and location, that said violator is summoned to appear
before the People's Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, to answer
said charge.

No person shall be charged with a violation of this ordinance unless
and until the arresting officer has first warned the person of the violation
and such person has failed or refused to stop such violation.

92A-6. Saving Clause.

Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Chapter be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the Chapter in its entirety or of
any part thereof other than so declared to be invalid. The County Council
for Montgomery County, Maryland, hereby declares that it would have
adopted this Chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect August 15,1968.

Chapter 18¹
(Bill No. 15)

Chapter 19
(Bill No. 18)

An Act to add a new Article to the Montgomery County Code 1965,
to be known as Article III, Chapter 77, to follow immediately after
Chapter 77, Section 77-12, thereof, to prohibit discrimination in the
sale, lease, sublease, rental, assignment, transfer, negotiation, inspec-
tion, furnishing of facilities, repairs, improvements, services or terms,
conditions, privileges of tenure or occupancy, and the advertisement,

¹ The validity and effect of this Charter amendment was negotiated by the adoption
of an entirely new Charter by the voters of Montgomery County, Maryland on Novem-
ber 5, 1968.