2170                                    MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

CONVEY TO THE PURCHASER OR PURCHASERS THEREOF ANY
REAL OR LEASEHOLD PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE
MUNICIPALITY WHEN SUCH LEGISLATIVE BODY DETERMINES
THAT THE SAME IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR ANY PUBLIC USE;

"(C) THE SAID MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF CUMBERLAND IS
AUTHORIZED TO TAKE BY GIFT, GRANT, BEQUEST OR DEVISE, AND
TO HOLD REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ABSOLUTELY OR IN
TRUST, FOR PARKS OR GARDENS, OR FOR THE ERECTION OF
STATUES. MONUMENTS, BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES. OR FOR
ANY PUBLIC USE, UPON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MAY
BE PRESCRIBED BY THE GRANTOR OR DONOR, AND ACCEPTED BY
THE MUNICIPALITY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROPER
ADMINISTRATION OF THE SAME; AND TO CONVEY THE SAME
WHEN SUCH LEGISLATIVE BODY DETERMINES THAT IT IS NO
LONGER NEEDED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT;

"(D) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SALE OF PUBLIC
PROPERTY, DEEMED NO LONGER NEEDED FOR PUBLIC USE, FOR A
SUM IN EXCESS OF $500,000.00, SHALL BE MADE WITHOUT FIRST
HAVING BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY EITHER
AT A GENERAL ELECTION OR SUCH SPECIAL ELECTION AS MAY BE
ORDERED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL."

SECTION 3: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the date of the
passage of this Resolution is May 30, 1972, and the amendment to the Charter of
the City of Cumberland, hereby enacted, shall become effective on July 19, 1972,
unless a proper Petition for a Referendum hereon shall be filed as provided by
Section 13 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and provided a
complete and exact copy of this Resolution shall be continuously posted on the
North Centre Street entrance of the City Hall, Cumberland, Maryland, until July
9, 1972, and provided further that a fair summary of the proposed amendment
shall be published in the Cumberland Evening Times, a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Cumberland, once in each of the weeks of June 5, 12, 19,
26; July 3, 1972.

SECTION 4: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Mayor of the
City of Cumberland is hereby specifically directed to carry out the provisions of
Section 3 hereof, regarding the giving of notice by posting and publication of this
Resolution approving the same, and, as evidence of said compliance, the City
Clerk shall cause to be affixed hereto a certificate of publication of the newspaper
in which the summary of this Resolution shall have been published, and the
Mayor, if there is no Petition for a Referendum, shall declare the Charter
Amendment made to be effective on the effective date herein provided for, which is
July 19, 1972, by affixing his signature hereto in the space provided below the
effective date hereof.

SECTION 5: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, if a proper Petition
for a Referendum on the Charter Amendment herein proposed is filed, the Mayor
and other proper officials of the City of Cumberland shall comply with all of the
provisions set forth in Sections 13 to 17, both inclusive, of Article 23A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland.

SECTION 6: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That as soon as the
Charter Amendment hereby made shall become effective, either as herein provided
or following a Referendum, the Mayor shall send separately, by registered mail, to
the Secretary of the State of Maryland, and to the Department of Legislative