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may be submitted at any time within 30 days, even if such
submission is less than 60 days prior to the election at
which it is to be voted on. All proposed amendments shall
be advertised once a week for the two weeks next preceding
the election at which they are to be voted on, in some news-
paper of general circulation within the City of Takoma
Park; provided that the Council may direct the publication
of a summary instead of the full text of any proposed
amendment containing over 1000 words. The full text of
each proposed amendment shall be available for public
inspection at the City office and at least two other public
places in the City of Takoma Park, for two weeks imme-
diately prior to the election. Except as provided in the
two following sentences, each amendment receiving an
affirmative vote of not less than three-fifths of those voting
thereon shall be declared adopted and shall become a part
of this Charter on the first day of the following month.
If two or more amendments to the same provision of the
Charter (whether an entire section or a specified portion of
a section) each receive a three-fifths affirmative vote at
the same election, only the one receiving the largest num-
ber of affirmative votes shall be declared adopted. The
Council may direct that two or more proposals to add one
or more new sections, or one or more new portions of an
existing section, shall be treated as amendments to the
same provision, for the purpose of the preceding sentence.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
not become effective unless and until it shall be approved
by a majority of the registered voters of the City of Takoma
Park voting thereon at the regular City election to be held
in March, 1954. The question shall appear on the voting
machines in the words "For Charter Amendment" and
"Against Charter Amendment". If the number of votes
cast "For Charter Amendment" is greater than the number
of votes cast "Against Charter Amendment", the pro-
visions of Section 104-33 (1324A) as set forth in Section 1
of this Act shall become effective April 1, 1954; otherwise
those provisions shall not go into effect.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved March 31, 1953.