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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-077713
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230701
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230703
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SLATER A JOSEPH JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001238316

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22345
		FILM NUMBER:		231066239

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3035 LEONARDTOWN ROAD
		CITY:			WALDORF
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20601

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
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        <issuerName>SHORE BANCSHARES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SHBI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>18 E DOVER STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Austin J. Slater Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-07-01</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">SECTION&nbsp;16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Christy Lombardi, James M. Burke and Andrea E. Colender, 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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;seek
or obtain, as the undersigned&rsquo;s representative and on the undersigned&rsquo;s behalf, information on transactions in the Company&rsquo;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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;submit
a Form&nbsp;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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">The undersigned acknowledges that:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;neither
the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i)&nbsp;any liability for the undersigned&rsquo;s responsibility to comply with
the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii)&nbsp;any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii)&nbsp;any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section&nbsp;16(b)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this
Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned&rsquo;s obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">This 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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of July, 2023.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: justify">/s/ Austin J. Slater Jr.</TD></TR>
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