1902                              MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

Section. 2. That the date of the adoption of this Resolution is January
6, 1969 and that the amendment to the Charter of the City of Bowie,
hereby proposed by this enactment, shall be and become effective on
February 25, 1969, unless a proper petition for a referendum hereon shall
be filed by February 15, 1969 as permitted by law. A complete and exact
copy of the Resolution shall be posted in the City Municipal Building
until February 15, 1969 and a fair summary of the Amendment shall be
published in The Bowie Blade not less than four (4) times at weekly in-
tervals by February 15, 1969.

Section 3. That as soon as the Charter Amendment hereby enacted
shall become effective, either as herein provided or following a referendum,
the Bowie City Manager shall send separately, by registered mail, to the
Secretary of State of Maryland, and to the Department of Legislative Ref-
erence, the following information concerning the Charter Amendment;
(1) the complete text of this Resolution; (2) the date of the referendum
election, if any, held with respect thereto; (3) the number of votes cast
for and against this Resolution by the Council of the City of Bowie or in
a referendum; and (4) the effective date of the Charter Amendment.

Section 4. That the Manager of the City of Bowie be, and he is spe-
cifically enjoined and instructed to carry out the provisions of Sections 2
and 3 as evidence of compliance herewith, the said Manager shall cause
to be affixed to the minutes of this meeting (1) an appropriate certificate
of publication of the newspaper in which the fair summary of the Amend-
ment shall have been published; and (2) return receipts of the mailing
referred to in Section 3, and shall further complete and execute the
Certificate of Effect attached hereto.

Section 5. That this Resolution and Amendment rescind Sections 3
and 14 purportedly enacted on March 13, 1963 to become effective on May
2, 1963.

INTRODUCED AND PASSED by the Council of the City of Bowie
at a Regular Meeting on January 6, 1969.

Leo E. Green, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edith Maylack, City Clerk