982                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 410

(b)    Copies of this compilation shall be made available for in-
spection at the office of the mayor and town council, by whatever
name known, during normal business hours; and copies shall be
kept on permanent record in the same office. Copies also shall be
furnished to the Hall of Records Commission, the State Library,
and to each member of the legislative delegation of the County. The
foregoing copies shall be furnished without charge, and the county
also may make other copies available at a reasonable cost to any
person.

(c)    Not later than March 1 of the next succeeding year, the
municipal corporation, without charge, shall furnish five copies of
the compilation to the State Department of Legislative Reference;

and if the copies are not thus delivered by that date the several

local laws contained therein are automatically revoked and of no
further effect. In this event, any local law contained in the compila-
tion must be re-enacted in order to have any force and effect, subject
thereafter to the same requirements for publication and delivery.

(d)    In addition to furnishing copies of the compilation to the
State Department of Legislative Reference, the municipal corpora-
tion shall provide to the Department a statement concerning any
referendum on any proposed charter amendment. The statement
shall include information on the results of any referendum held
during the year, and it shall include information as to any ref-
erendum pending, actually or potentially, but not yet held, at the
end of the year. If a statement of referendum is not delivered as
here, required the particular charter amendment is automatically

revoked and of no further effect. In this latter event, the charter

amendment must be re enacted in order to have any force and effect,
subject thereafter to the same requirements for publication and
delivery.

(E)    AT THE END OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SHALL AD-
DRESS AN INQUIRY TO EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
INQUIRING WHETHER OR NOT DURING THAT CALENDAR
YEAR OR ITS LATEST FISCAL YEAR IT HAS ENACTED,
AMENDED OR REPEALED ANY PORTION OF ITS MUNICIPAL
CHARTER. THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL
PROMPTLY ANSWER THE INQUIRY AND SHALL VERIFY
THAT COPIES OF ALL SUCH ENACTMENTS, AMENDMENTS,
OR REPEALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT TO THE DE-
PARTMENT.

(F)    IF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FAILS OR RE-
FUSES TO SUPPLY COPIES OF THIS COMPILATION AND OF
THE RESULTS OF ANY REFERENDA THEREON TO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BY
MARCH 1 OF THE NEXT SUCCEEDING YEAR, OR FAILS OR
REFUSES TO CERTIFY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO SUCH
ENACTMENTS, AMENDMENTS, OR REPEALS, OR REFER-
ENDA, DURING THE LAST CALENDAR OR FISCAL YEAR,
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMPTLY CERTIFY THAT
FACT TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER, WHO THEN MAY
ORDER THE DISCONTINUANCE OF ALL FUNDS, GRANTS OR
STATE AID WHICH THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS EN-
TITLED TO RECEIVE UNDER STATE LAW. THE SECTION