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or repealed by a subsequent amendment or amendments to the
charter.

19. Annexation.

(b) The proposal for change may be initiated by resolution regularly
introduced into the legislative body of the municipal corporation, in
accordance with the usual requirements and practices applicable to
its legislative enactments, and also in conformity with the several
requirements contained in sub-sections (b) and (c) of Section 13 of
this sub-title, but only after the legislative body shall have obtained
the consent for the proposal from not less than twenty-five per cen-
tum (25%) of the persons who reside in the area to be annexed and
who are registered as voters in county elections and from the owners
of not less than twenty-five per centum (25%) of the assessed valua-
tion of the real property located in the area to be annexed. The reso-
lution shall describe by a survey of courses and distances, and may
also describe by landmarks and other well-known terms, the exact
area proposed to be included in the change, and shall contain com-
plete and detailed provisions as to the conditions and circumstances
applicable to the change in boundaries and to the residents and
property within the area to be annexed.

(n) The chief executive and administrative officer of a municipal
corporation which has enlarged its corporate boundaries under the
provisions of this section shall promptly register both the original
boundaries and the new boundaries with the clerk or similar official
thereof, with the Commissioner of the Land Office, with the clerk of
the court in the county or counties in which the municipal corpora-
tion is located, and with the Director of the Department of Legislative
Reference. Each such official shall hold the registration of bound-
aries on record and shall make it available for public inspection dur-
ing all normal business hours. The registration shall include a copy
of the resolution adopted by the municipal corporation, which shall
be in such form and subject to such registration requirements as are
contained in section 17 of this sub-title.

23. Text of proposed charter.

The petition presented to the board of county commissioners or
county council shall make provision for the text of the charter pro-
posed for the municipal corporation. The petition [either] shall in-
clude, as a supplementary paper, the exact text of the proposed
charter [, or shall state that, if incorporated, the municipal corpora-
tion shall be governed under and according to the municipal corpor-
ation charter contained in Article 23B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Municipal Corporation Charter", or, if the petition
proposes that the provisions of said Article 23B be adopted substan-
tially as the municipal charter, it shall so declare and shall also in-
clude a fair summary of the provisions in the charter which differ
from those in Article 23B].

27. Registration of charter.

(a) At the time of making public proclamation as to the vote on
the question of incorporation, under the proposed charter, the board
of county commissioners or county council shall send separately by