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SECTION II: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis that the date of adoption of this Resolution is
May 8, 1972, and the amendment of the Charter of the City of Annapolis, hereby
enacted shall become effective on June 28, 1972, unless a proper petition for
referendum hereon shall be filed as permitted by law, provided a complete and
exact copy of this Resolution shall be continuously posted on the bulletin board in
the City Hall, until June 18, 1972, and provided further that a copy of the title of
this Resolution shall be published in the "Evening Capital", a newspaper of
general circulation in the City of Annapolis, or in any other newspaper of such
general circulation, once in each of the weeks, May 15, 1972; May 22, 1972; May
29, 1972; June 5, 1972; and June 12, 1972.

SECTION III: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is
hereby specifically commanded to carry out the provisions of Section II hereof,
and, as evidence of such compliance, the Mayor shall cause to be affixed to the
minutes of this meeting appropriate certificates of publication of the newspaper or
newspapers in which the title of this Resolution shall have been published and shall
declare the Charter change hereby enacted to be effective on June 28, 1972, or
following a favorable referendum thereon, by affixing his signature hereto in the
space provided on the effective date of change.

SECTION IV: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as soon as the Charter
amendment hereby enacted shall become effective, either as herein provided or
following a referendum, the Mayor shall send separately by registered mail, to the
Secretary of State of Maryland and to the Department of Legislative Reference of
Maryland a clear certified copy of this Resolution showing the number of
Aldermen voting for and against it and a report on the votes cast for or against the
amendment hereby enacted at any referendum thereon and the date of such
referendum.

The above Charter Amendment was enacted by the foregoing Resolution which
was passed at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Annapolis, on May 8, 1972. The Mayor and eight (8) Aldermen voting in the
affirmative and zero (0) Aldermen voting in the negative, and the said Resolution
become effective in accordance with law on the 28th day of June, 1972.

THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS

BY: ROGER W. MOYER, MAYOR
ATTEST:

MARGARET D. BURKET
CITY CLERK

SECTION 27 - OF THE CITY CHARTER

Resolution of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis, adopted
pursuant to the authority of Article 11-E of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland and Article 23-A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966
Replacement Volume), titled "Corporations-Municipal", to repeal and re-enact
Section 27 of the Charter of the City of Annapolis for the purpose of establishing
standards and criteria for the retirement of policemen and firemen, including