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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

persisted in, a conviction for one offense shall not be a
bar to a conviction for a continuation of the offense
subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction."

SECTION 24. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the
date of the passage of this Resolution is July 8, 1974,
and the addition to the Charter of the Town of Betterton
hereby enacted, shall become effective on August 27, 1974
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 at the Town Office until August 20, 1974 and
provided further that a fair summary of the proposed
amendment shall be published in the Kent County News, a
newspaper of general circulation serving the community of
Kent County, once in each of the four weeks commencing
July 10, 1974.

SECTION 25. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the
President of the Commission of the Town of Betterton is
hereby specifically directed to carry out the provisions
of Section 24 hereof regarding the giving of notice by
posting and publication of this Resolution approving the
same, and, as evidence of that compliance, the Town Clerk
shall cause to be affixed to the Charter Amendment
Resolution a certificate of the publication, and the
President of the Commission, if there is no Petition for
a Referendum, shall declare the Charter Amendment to be
effective on the effective date herein provided for,
which is 27 August 1974 by affixing his signature hereto
in the space provided below the effective date thereof.

SECTION 26. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, if a
proper Petition for a Referendum on the Charter Amendment
herein proposed is filed, the President of the Commission
and other proper officials of the Town of Betterton shall
comply with all the provisions set forth in Sections
13—17, inclusive, of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland.

SECTION 27. 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 President of the Commission shall send
separately by registered mail to the Secretary of the
State of Maryland and to the Department of Legislative
Reference of Maryland a complete certified copy of the
text of this Resolution, the date of the Referendum, if
any is held, a certificate showing the number of