2192                               Municipal Charters

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 penalty whatever exsiting 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ordinance repealed by this Charter, shall be instituted, proceeded with, and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.

Sec. 82-88. (Misdemeanors). Every act or omission which is made
or designated a misdemeanor by this Charter or by ordinance passed here-
under, shall, unless otherwise provided, be punishable upon conviction be-
fore any Judge of the People's Court or in the Circuit Court for Prince
George's County 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 People's Court Judge. The party aggrieved shall have the
right to appeal as is now provided under the general laws of the State.
Where the act or omission is of a continuing nature and is persisted in, a
conviction for one offense shall not be a bar to a conviction for a continua-
tion of the offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

Sec. 82-89. (Effect of Charter on Existing Ordinances), (a) All
ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations in effect in the Town at the
time this Charter becomes effective which are not in conflict with the
provisions of this Charter shall remain in effect until changed or repealed
according to the provisions of this Charter.

(b) All ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations in effect in
the Town at the time this Charter becomes effective which are in conflict
with the provisions of this Charter be and the same hereby are repealed
to the extent of such conflict.

Sec. 82-90. The County Commissioners for Prince George's County
are hereby authorized and directed to levy six hundred dollars ($600.00)
annually for the Town of Upper Marlboro and to pay the same to the Town
Commissioners of said Town; the said funds to be expended in such manner
and for such purposes as the Commissioners of said Town, in their dis-
cretion deem expedient.

Sec. 82-91. (Separability). If any section or part of any section of
this Charter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances,
shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity
shall not affect the remaining parts or sections or any other application of
this Charter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or
application, and to this end the provisions of this Charter are declared to
be severable.

And be it further resolved that the aforegoing Charter shall become
and be the municipal Charter of the Town of Upper Marlboro, according
to the terms thereof, in all respects to be effective and observed as such
upon the fiftieth day after the dates hereunto affixed to this resolution,
unless on or before the fortieth day after said date there shall be presented
to the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Upper Marlboro or mailed
to the said Board by registered mail, a petition meeting the requirements