1896                              MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

Section 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDAINED by the
Mayor and Council, that a fair summary of this Resolution and the Charter
Amendment hereby proposed be published not fewer than four (4) times
at weekly intervals in a newspaper of general circulation within the Town
of Bladensburg: that a complete and exact copy of the proposed charter
amendment shall be posted in the Town Municipal Building, 4229-Edmons-
ton Avenue, for a period of not less than forty (40) days from date of
adoption of this resolution, and that a public hearing will be held on this
resolution and the charter amendment on JANUARY 6, 1969, 8:00 P.M.,
at the Town Municipal Building, 4229-Edmonston Avenue, Bladensburg,
Md., the charter amendment proposed by this Resolution shall become a
part of the Town Charter according to the terms as herein provided, and
in all respects shall be observed and effective as such upon the Fiftieth
(50th) day after the adoption of this resolution.

Unless on or before the fortieth (40th) day after being adopted and
enacted there shall be submitted to the Mayor and Council a petition
signed by twenty (20) percent or more of the persons who are qualified
and registered to vote in the Town elections requesting that the proposed
amendment be submitted to referendum to the voters of the Town, all as
provided for by Section 13, Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
and if the petition submitted complies with all the requirements of said
section 13 of Article 23A, the Mayor and Council shall by resolution specify
the date, time and places for the referendum concerning the question on
the Charter Amendment.

The referendum will be held within a period of not less than forty (40)
days nor more than sixty (60) days after the passage of the resolution
providing for the referendum. Should a petition for referendum not be
received by the Mayor and Council within the specified time forty (40)
days, the proposed Charter Amendment shall in all respects become
effective and be observed as such upon the sixth (6th) day of January,
1969, providing this Charter Amendment Resolution is adopted and en-
acted.

Read and adopted for the 1st reading on October 7, 1968, at the
public meeting of the Mayor and Council.

Ordered to be published no fewer than four (4) times in the Prince
George's Post Newspaper on November 7-14-21-and 28th, 1968.

Next Public Meeting on this Resolution is to be held on January
6th, 1969.

Charter Amendment.

Signed: Francis C. O'Donnell, Mayor
ATTEST:

Elsie S. Morrison, Clerk
Voting on the Resolution
Councilwoman Susanna K. Cristofane
Councilman John P. Campbell
Councilman Josef B. Brown
Councilman Benjamin J. Patterson