702                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 423

(i) On the date and at the places specified, the resolution proposing
a change in the corporate boundaries of the municipal corporation
shall be submitted to a referendum election of the

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TWENTY persons living in any area proposed to
be annexed who are eligible to sign a petition and to participate
in a referendum election under the provisions of this section, any
person owning real property in the area proposed to be annexed
(the word "person" here including an association, THE TWO OR
MORE JOINT OWNERS OF JOINTLY-OWNED PROPERTY, a
firm or corporation) shall have a right equal to that of a natural
person to sign a petition or to participate in a referendum election.

(k) The IF ONLY ONE PETITION FOR A REFERENDUM IS
FILED AND IF A MAJORITY OF THE PERSONS VOTING ON
THE QUESTION IN THAT REFERENDUM SHALL VOTE IN
faVOR OF THE PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE, THE CHANGE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS PROPOSED ON THE foUR-
TEENTH DAY foLLOWING THE REFERENDUM. IF TWO
PETITIONS FOR REFERENDUM ARE FILED, THE votes cast
for the two referenda shall be tabulated separately, so as to show
individually the tabulation of votes cast in the municipal corpora-
tion and in the area to be affected ANNEXED. // in both tabula-
lations, each being reckoned separately, a majority of the persons
voting on the question shall vote in favor of the proposal for change,
the change shall become effective as proposed on the fourteenth
day following the referendum.

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the corporate boundaries, generally
subject or not subject, as the case may be, to the provisions of the
charter of the municipal corporation; except that for stated periods
and under specific conditions provision may be made for special
treatment of the residents and property in the area to be affected
ANNEXED, as to rates of municipal taxation and as to municipal