CHARLESTOWN                                          2155

SECTION 2: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of adoption of
this Resolution is August 8, 1972 and the amendment of the Charter of
Charlestown herein set forth shall become effective on September 27, 1972, unless
a proper petition for a 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 Town Office until September 18, 1972, and a
copy of the title of this Resolution shall be published in the "Cecil Whig" or other
newspaper in general circulation in the Town, once in each of the four weeks
commencing August 13, 1972.

SECTION 3: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the
Commissioners of Charlestown is hereby specifically enjoined to carry out the
provisions of Section 2 hereof and, as evidence of said compliance, said President
shall cause to be affixed to the minutes of this meeting an appropriate Certificate
of Publication of the newspaper in which the title of this Resolution shall have
been published and shall declare the charter amendment hereby enacted to be
effective by affixing his signature hereto in the space provided, on said effective
date.

SECTION 4: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, as soon as the charter
amendment hereby enacted shall become effective, either as herein provided or
following a referendum thereon, said President shall send separately, by registered
mail, to the Secretary of State of Maryland and to the Department of Legislative
Reference of Maryland, a copy of the text of Section 36(a) of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Cecil County (1961 Edition) as hereby enacted, a certified copy of
this Resolution showing the number of Commissioners voting for and against it,
and a report on the votes cast for and against the charter amendment hereby
enacted at any referendum thereon and the date of any such referendum.

The foregoing Resolution was passed at the regular meeting of The
Commissioners of Charlestown on August 8, 1972, at which 5 Commissioners were
present, 5 Commissioners having voted for said Resolution and 0 Commissioners
having voted against it.

ATTEST:

/s/ Walter G. Murphy
Walter G. Murphy
President of the Commissioners
of Charlestown

/s/ Patricia J. Murphy
Patricia J. Murphy
Town Clerk

CHESAPEAKE BEACH

(Calvert County)
RESOLUTION