1644 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 539

fense shall not be a bar to a conviction for a continuation
of the offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding
conviction.

ARTICLE XVIII
CHARTER AMENDMENTS

AUTHORIZED

213. 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 Gen-
eral Assembly of the State of Maryland. The word "amend-
ments" as used in this article shall include alterations and
additions.

PROPOSAL BY BOARD OF ALDERMEN

214. Amendments may be proposed by a favorable ma-
jority vote of all the members of the board of aldermen.
The mayor shall not have the power to veto an amendment
ordinance. The ordinance proposing tin amendment shall
provide for an expression of the will of the qualified voters
at a special or the next succeeding general election. Spe-
cial charter amendment elections shall be administered as
other elections. Charter amendments shall enact a new
section or sections, or they shall repeal a section or sec-
tions of the charter and re-enact the same as amended.

PROPOSAL BY CHARTER COMMISSION

215. The board of aldermen may by ordinance au-
thorize and direct the mayor to appoint a charter com-
mission to amend this charter or propose a new charter.
Any charter amendment or new charter proposed by a
duly constituted charter commission shall be submitted
by the board of aldermen, without change or modification,
to the qualified voters of the City of Frederick at a spe-
cial election before the next succeeding regular city elec-
tion or at the next succeeding regular city election; pro-
vided, that such charter amendment or new charter shall
be submitted to the board of aldermen at least sixty days
before any regular city election at which such amendment
or new charter is to be submitted to the qualified voters
of the city.

ADVERTISEMENT

216. The board of aldermen shall 'authorize, at city
expense, an advertisement of any charter amendment or