EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT BY THE PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to, and for purposes only of, 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) the Annual Report of Shore Bancshares, Inc. on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (ii) information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Shore Bancshares, Inc.

Date:March 15, 2006

/s/ Susan E. Leaverton

Susan E. Leaverton

Treasurer/Principal Accounting Officer