2052 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 702

220. (Advertisement. ) The Mayor and City Council shall
authorize, at City expense, an advertisement OR PUBLICA-
TION of any charter amendment or new charter, to be pub-
lished in at least one Cumberland newspaper of general distri-
bution at least one a week for four weeks immediately pre-
ceding an election at which such amendment or new charter is
to be voted upon, OR TO BE PUBLISHED IN PAMPHLET
OR OTHER FORM AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUB-
LIC DISTRIBUTION AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS IMME-
DIATELY PRECEDING SUCH ELECTION; this advertise-
ment OR PUBLICATION shall contain the date of the elec-
tion, and a true copy of the proposed amendment or new
charter, or a true and unbiased description of the subject
matter concerned; such advertisement OR PUBLICATION
shall be made for all amendments, whether proposed by the
Mayor and City Council, by a petition of voters, or by a charter
commission.

221. (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 Council,
without change or modification, to the voters of Cumberland
at a special election before the next succeeding municipal gen-
eral election or at the next succeeding municipal general elec-
tion, 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 Charier is to be submitted to the
voters. Special charter amendment elections shall be admin-
istered as other elections.

222. (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 majority
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 this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved May 7, 1951.