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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-16-079395
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160204
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160208
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160208

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SHORE BANCSHARES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001035092
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				521974638
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		18 EAST DOVER STREET
		CITY:			EASTON
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21601-3013
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4108221400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		18 EAST DOVER STREET
		CITY:			EASTON
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21601-3013

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mason Frank E III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001519670

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22345
		FILM NUMBER:		161394127

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28969 INFORMATION LANE
		CITY:			EASTON
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21601
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>28969 INFORMATION LANE</rptOwnerStreet1>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: white">LIMITED
POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR <BR>
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.7pt; text-indent: 35.75pt; background-color: white">Know
all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Lloyd L. Beatty, Jr., George S. Rapp
and Pamela J. Dill, each acting individually, as the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5pt; text-indent: 36.5pt; background-color: white">(1)&#9;prepare,
execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Shore
Bancshares, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &quot;Company&quot;), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;);</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5pt; text-indent: 36.5pt; background-color: white">(2)&#9;seek
or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes
any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 19.2pt 0pt 0.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.5pt; background-color: white">(3)&#9;submit
a Form ID, and any amendments thereto, to the SEC to apply for filing codes that will allow insider reports to be filed electronically
through the EDGAR system, if such codes have not been obtained previously; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5pt; text-indent: 36.5pt; background-color: white">(4)&#9;perform
any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36.5pt; text-indent: 0in; background-color: white">The undersigned
acknowledges that:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36.25pt; background-color: white">(1)&#9;this Power
of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to
such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36.25pt; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36.25pt; background-color: white">(2)&#9;any documents
prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be
in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary
or desirable;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36.25pt; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36.25pt; background-color: white">(3)&#9;neither
the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with
the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or
(iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36.25pt; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36.25pt; background-color: white">(4)&#9;this Power
of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange
Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36.25pt; background-color: white">The undersigned
hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf
of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.</P>

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Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each
such attorney-in-fact.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; padding: 0; text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Frank E. Mason, III</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">STATE OF MARYLAND</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 80%; padding: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">COUNTY OF TALBOT</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 36.7pt; text-indent: 0in; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">On
this 17<SUP>th</SUP> day of</FONT> July<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">, 2014, Frank  Mason personally
appeared before me, and acknowledged that s/he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained.</FONT></P>

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WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; padding: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ </FONT>Kay Schaar-Wagenblatt</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kay Schaar-Wagenblatt</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0">[SEAL]</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">My Commission Expires: July 21, 2014</FONT></TD>
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