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1971, unless a petition is filed pursuant to Article 23A, Section 13, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, 1957 Edition as amended, said petition to be
filed on or before the 29th day of March, 1971.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED that
the aforegoing Resolution and Ordinance be and the same is hereby adopted
this 17th day of February, 1971.

Charles R. Kline, Mayor
ATTEST:
Frances A. Davidson, Town Clerk

Telford P. Falls

Robert G. Dougherty

Anna A. Lex

Dorothy L. Schwartz

Henry T. Rinck, Jr.

LAUREL
Resolution No. First—1971

A Resolution of the City of Laurel adopted pursuant to the provi-
sions of Article 23A, Sections 11 through 18, titled Corporations—
Municipal, subtitled Charter Amendments, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume), to amend the Charter of the
City of Laurel, Section 49-12(a) entitled "Elections—General Provi-
sions—Voters; Qualifications," by the exclusion of the words "twenty-
one" and the substitution therefor of the word "eighteen."

THEREFORE: Be it enacted and ordained by the Mayor and City
Council of Laurel, Maryland, that Section 49-12 (a) entitled "Elections—
General Provisions—Voters; Qualifications," be amended by the exclusion
of the words "twenty-one" and the substitution therefor of the word
"eighteen," to read as follows:

Elections

49-12. General Provisions.

(a) Voters; qualifications. All citizens of the United States above the
age of [twenty-one] eighteen years who shall have actually resided in the
said Town of Laurel not less than one year preceding an election for Mayor
and City Councilmen of said town, and whose names shall appear upon
the books of registered voters as hereinafter provided, shall be qualified
voters of said town, and as such shall be entitled to vote at any election
held under the provisions of this subtitle.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of the adoption of the
Resolution is June 28, 1971, and that the Amendment to the Charter of
the City of Laurel, hereby proposed by this enactment, shall be and become
effective on the 17th day of August, 1971, unless a proper petition for
referendum hereon shall be filed as permitted by law. A complete and
exact copy of the Resolution shall be posted in the City Office until the
7th day of August, 1971, and a copy of the title of this Resolution shall be
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Laurel not
less than four times at weekly intervals before the 14th day of June, 1971.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as soon as the Charter
Amendment hereby enacted shall become effective, either as herein pro-
vided or following a referendum, the Mayor of the City of Laurel shall
send separately by registered mail, to the Secretary of the State of Mary-