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EMMITSBURG

by the Burgess ana Board of Commissioners of the Town of
Emmitsburg, Maryland, that Article II of the Charter of
the Town of Emmitsburg, is hereby amended by deleting
those portions in brackets from and adding those portions
capitalized to Section 2. Said amendment to the Charter
is to hereafter make Article II, Section 2 to read as
follows:

Section 2. Qualifications

Commissioners shall have resided in Emmitsburg for
at least one year immediately preceding their election
and shall be qualified voters [and tax payers with One
Thousand Dollars of assessed real property in the town].
Each Commissioner shall reside in the town during his
term of office, and his removal of his residence from the
town during his term shall immediately vacate his office.
The Board shall be the judges of the election and
qualification of its members.

RESOLUTION NO. 15

Be enacted this 2nd day of July, in the year 1973,
by the Burgess and Board of Commissioners of the Town of
Emmitsburg, Maryland, that Article VIII of the Charter of
the Town of Emmitsburg is hereby amended by deleting
those portions in brackets from and adding those portions
capitalized to Section 4. Said amendment to the Charter
is to hereafter make Article VIII, Section 1 to read as
follows:

Section 4. General Penalty

Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in
this Charter, unless otherwise provided, shall be
punishable upon conviction before any [trial magistrate
or in the Circuit Court of the County within which the
offense is committed] JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF
FREDERICK COUNTY by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred
Dollars or imprisonment for six months or both in the
discretion of the [magistrate] JUDGE or court. The party
aggrieved shall have the right of 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, in violation of the provisions of this
Charter or of any ordinances, rules or regulations
formulated hereunder, a conviction for one offense shall
not be a bar to a conviction for a continuation of the
offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding
conviction.