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COUNTY LOCAL LARS

all political power originates in the people, and
desiring to obtain for our County a full measure of
home rule and the most orderly arrangement of its form
of government, do hereby establish and ordain this

CHARTER OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND.

ARTICLE I

NAME AND RIGHTS OF THE COUNTY

SECTION 101. BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC. PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY AS IT NOW EXISTS CONSTITUTES A BODY
CORPORATE AND POLITIC. UNDER THIS CHARTER IT SHALL
HAVE ALL RIGHTS AND POWERS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
AND HOME ROLE AS ABE NOW OR MAY HEREAFTER BE PROVIDED
OR IMPLIED BY THIS CHARTED AND BY THE CONSTITUTION AND
LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND. THE COUNTY SHALL HAVE
ALL SUCH POWERS AS FREELY AND COMPLETELY AS THOUGH
THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED IN THIS CHARTER, AND
NO ENUMERATION OF POWERS IN THIS CHARTER SHALL BE
DEEMED EXCLUSIVE OR RESTRICTIVE.

SECTION 102. EXERCISE OF POWERS. THE POWERS
MENTIONED IN THE PRECEDING SECTION SHALL BE EXERCISED
ONLY BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND
OTHER AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY
ACTING UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHORITIES, OR UNDER
SUCH OTHER AUTHORITY AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY THIS
CHARTER OR THE LAWS OF THIS STATE.

SECTION 103. NAME AND BOUNDARIES. THE CORPORATE
NAME SHALL BE "PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND," AND
IT SHALL THUS BE DESIGNATED IN ALL ACTIONS AND
PROCEEDINGS TOUCHING ITS BIGHTS, POWERS, PROPERTIES,
LIABILITIES, AND DUTIES. ITS BOUNDARIES AND COUNTY
SEAT SHALL BE AND REMAIN AS THEY ARE AT THE TIME THIS
CHARTER TAKES EFFECT UNLESS OTHERWISE CHANGED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.

ARTICLE II