1750 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 702

216. ADVERTISEMENT. The Mayor and City Council
shall authorize, at City expense, an advertisement of any
charter amendment or new charter, to be published in at least
one Cumberland newspaper of general distribution at least
once a week for four weeks immediately preceding an election
at which such amendment or new charter is to be voted upon;
this advertisement shall contain the date of the election, and
a true copy of the proposed amendment or new charter, or a
true and unbiased description of the subject matter con-
cerned; such advertisement shall be made for all amendments,
whether proposed by the Mayor and City Council, by a peti-
tion of voters, or by a charter commission.

217. SUBMISSION. Any charter amendment, charter re-
vision, or new charter proposed by a duly constituted Charter
Commission, shall be submitted by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil, without change or modification, to the voters of Cumber-
land at a special election before the next succeeding munici-
pal general election or at the next succeeding municipal gen-
eral election, provided that such Charter amendment, Charter
revision, or new Charter shall be submitted to the Mayor and
City Council at least sixty days before any election at which
such amendment, revision or new Charter is to be submitted
to the voters. Special charter amendment elections shall be
administered as other elections.

218. APPROVAL. A charter amendment, revision, or new
charter, however proposed, shall become a part of this charter,
or the entire charter of the City, when approved by a ma-
jority of the voters voting thereon. When so approved, it
shall have the force of law, subject to the Constitution and
Public General Laws of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be construed to affect or invalidate any legal pro-
ceedings pending on the date this Act becomes effective, in-
volving a violation or an alleged violation of any part of
Article 1A of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland as
it existed prior thereto, nor shall it affect or change any ap-
plication, hearing, petition or legal action of any kind based
upon said Article 1A as it existed prior thereto, but any such
proceedings, application, hearing, petition, or legal action
shall be continued and completed as if this Act had not been
passed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be construed as affecting the existence of the Civil
Service Commission established heretofore, or the tenure of
any member thereof, it being the intent and purpose of this