1568 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 538
ARTICLE XIII
CHARTER AMENDMENTS
AUTHORIZED
104. Amendments to this charter may be made as here-
inafter provided, and such amendments shall have the same
force of law as if they had been enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Maryland. The word "amend-
ments" as used in this article shall include alterations and
additions.
PROPOSAL BY COUNCIL
105. Amendments may be proposed by a majority vote
of all the members of the council. The mayor shall not
have the power to veto an amendment ordinance. The ordi-
nance proposing an amendment shall provide for an ex-
pression of the will of the qualified voters at a special or
the next succeeding general election. Special charter
amendment elections shall be administered as other elec-
tions. Charter amendments shall enact a new section or
sections, or they shall repeal a section or sections of the
charter and re-enact the same as amended.
PROPOSAL BY CHARTER COMMISSION
106. The council may by ordinance authorize and direct
the mayor to appoint a charter commission to amend this
charter or propose a new charter. Any charter amend-
ment or new charter proposed by a duly constituted char-
ter commission shall be submitted by the council, without
change or modification, to the voters of the Town of Mount
Airy at a special election before the next succeeding gen-
eral election or at the next succeeding general election;
provided, that such charter amendment or new charter
shall be submitted to the council at least sixty days before
any general election at which such amendment or new
charter is to be submitted to the voters.
ADVERTISEMENT
107. The council shall authorize, at town expense, an
advertisement of any charter amendment or new charter
to be published in at least one newspaper of general cir-
culation in the Town of Mount Airy at least once a week
for four weeks immediately preceding an election at which
such amendment or new charter is to be voted on. This
advertisement shall contain the date of the election and a
true copy of the proposed amendment or new charter, or
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