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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

require, shall give bond in such amount and with such
surety as may be required by the council. The premiums
on such bonds shall be paid by the town.

100.  Prior rights and obligations.

All right, title and interest held by the town or
any other person or corporation at the time of this
charter is adopted, in and to any lien acquired under any
prior charter of the town, are hereby preserved for the
holder in all respects as if this 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 existing at the time this
charter becomes effective. All suits and actions, both
civil and criminal, pending, or which may hereafter be
instituted for cause of action now existing or offenses
already committed against law or ordinance repealed by
this charter, shall be instituted, proceeded with and
prosecuted to final determination and judgments as if
this charter had not become effective.

101.  Misdemeanors.

Every act or omission which, by ordinance, is made a
misdemeanor under the authority of this charter, unless
otherwise provided, shall be punishable upon conviction
before any trial magistrate or in the circuit court for
the county within which the offense is committed 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 trial magistrate. The
party aggrieved has the right to appeal as is now
provided under the general laws of the State of Maryland.
Where the act or omission is of a continuing nature and
is persisted in, a conviction for one offense is not a
bar to conviction for a continuation of the offense
subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

102.  Effect of charter on existing ordinances.

(a)    ORDINANCES, ETC., NOT IN CONFLICT WITH CHARTER
REMAIN IN EFFECT. — 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until changed or repealed according to the provisions of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)    ORDINANCES, ETC., IN CONFLICT WITH CHARTER
REPEALED. — All ordinances, resolutions, rules and
regulations in effect in the town at the time this
charter becomes effective which are in conflict with the