1880                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 739

19-38. Duties and Cecil County Metropolitan Commission, the

Department of Public Works, transferred.

All duties, contracts, debts, assets, property, real and personal of
the Cecil County Metropolitan Commission and/or the Department
of Public Works is transferred to the County Commissioners of
Cecil County.

19-28.

IN THE EVENT THAT A SANITARY DISTRICT OR A SANI-
TARY COMMISSION (A BODY POLITIC AND CORPORATE)
HAS BEEN CREATED IN CECIL COUNTY PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT PURSUANT TO ANY PRO-
VISION OF PUBLIC GENERAL OR PUBLIC LOCAL LAW
APPLICABLE TO CECIL COUNTY, SUCH DISTRICT OR COM-
MISSION SHALL CEASE TO EXIST AS A BODY POLITIC AND
CORPORATE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AND
IT SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE NECESSARY FOR SUCH
DISTRICT OR COMMISSION TO FILE ANY ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS, CERTIFICATES OR ARTICLES WITH ANY
PERSON OR AGENCY EXCEPT AS MAY SPECIFICALLY BE
PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE. NOTHING CONTAINED IN
THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS IMPAIRING OR
AFFECTING IN ANY WAY THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCE -
ABILITY OF ANY PROCEEDING OR ACTION TAKEN, OR ANY
OBLIGATIONS OR INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED BY SUCH DIS-
TRICT OR COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS SUBTITLE. IN THE EVENT THAT A SANITARY DIS-
TRICT SHALL HAVE BEEN CREATED IN CECIL COUNTY
PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, ANY SUCH
SANITARY DISTRICT SHALL BE MERGED INTO, AND
THEREBY BECOME A PART OF, THE AREA WITHIN WHICH
THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE ITS POWER
AND AUTHORITY BY THIS SUBTITLE, SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 19-1 HEREOF; PROVIDED, HOW-
EVER, THAT SUCH MERGER SHALL IN NO WAY AFFECT
THE SECURITY FOR ANY OUTSTANDING BONDS.

ALL DUTIES, CONTRACTS, DEBTS, ASSETS, REAL PROP-
ERTY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE CECIL COUNTY
METROPOLITAN COMMISSION ARE HEREBY TRANS-
FERRED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CECIL
COUNTY.

19-39. Penalties.
19-29.

Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this sub-
title, unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable by any trial
magistrate or the Circuit Court THE DISTRICT COURT of Cecil
County, and the offender, upon conviction is subject to a fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or to confinement in the
county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or both in the discre-
tion of the District Court or Circuit Court. If the act or omission is
of a continuing nature and is persisted in, in violation of the pro-
visions of this subtitle or of any rule or regulation formulated