THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     699

or other chief executive officer of the municipal corporation shall so
proclaim publicly within ten days after receiving a certification of
the votes from the Board of Election Supervisors; OFFICIALS
CONDUCTING THE REFERENDUM; and on the thirtieth day
following the public proclamation the proposed charter amend-
ment or amendments shall become a part of the charter of the munici-
pal corporation, according to its terms, in all respects to be effective
and observed as such. If less than a majority of those who vote on
any such question shall cast their votes in favor of the proposed
charter amendment or amendments, the mayor or other chief execu-
tive officer likewise shall so proclaim, adding to his proclamation the
statement that the proposed charter amendment or amendments con-
tained in the said question are null and void and of no effect whatso-
ever.

17.   (form and Registration of Charter Amendment.) (a) In any
proposal to amend an existing charter of a municipal corporation, the
new matter, if any, to be added to the charter shall be indicated by
being underscored or in italics and all matter to be eliminated from
the existing charter, if any, shall be indicated in its proper place by
enclosing such matter in double parentheses or in bold-face brackets.
Where the subject matter consists of an entirely new section or sec-
tions the words of such new section or sections shall also be under-
scored or in italics or contain some marginal or other notation to that
effect. When the purpose of any proposal is to repeal in entirety any
section or sections of the existing charter, the matter intended to be
repealed need not be written out in full and enclosed in either double
parentheses or bold-face brackets.

(b) At the time a charter amendment or amendments become
effective by reason of having been ordained or passed by the legisla-
tive body of the municipal corporation, or at the time of making
public proclamation as to the vote on any question containing a pro-
posed charter amendment or amendments WHICH HAVE BEEN
ADOPTED, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the munici-
pal corporation shall send separately BY REGISTERED MAIL to
the Secretary of State of Maryland and to the Department of Legis-
lative Reference the following information concerning the

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18.    (Codification of Charter Amendment.) The exact text of any
proposed amendment or amendments to the charter of any municipal
corporation, if adopted as in this sub-heading specified, shall there-
after be included in any subsequent edition or codification of the
charter of the municipal corporation, unless the charter contained in
Article 23B has been adopted, until altered, modified or repealed by
a subsequent amendment or amendments to the charter.