CUMBERLAND                                        1911

It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of the City of
Cumberland and for a distance of a half mile beyond the limits of the City
of Cumberland to dump, empty, or place any ashes, refuse or debris of
any sort in the [stream] streams of water commonly known as Wills
Creek, Evitts Creek, Potomac River, or any tributaries thereof.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the date of
the passage of this Resolution is June 10, 1968, and the amendment of the
Charter of the City of Cumberland, hereby enacted, shall become effective
on July 30, 1968, unless a proper Petition for a Referendum hereon shall
be filed as provided by Section 13 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, and provided a complete and exact copy of this Resolution shall
be continuously posted on the North Centre Street entrance of the City
Hall, Cumberland, Maryland, until July 20, 1968, and provided further
that a fair summary of the proposed amendment shall be published in the
Cumberland Evening Times, a newspaper of General circulation in the
City of Cumberland, once in each of the weeks of June 10, 17, 24, July 1
and 8, 1968.

Section 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Mayor of
the City of Cumberland is hereby specifically directed to carry out the pro-
visions of Section 2 hereof, regarding the giving of notice by posting and
publication of this Resolution approving the same, and, as evidence of said
compliance, the City Clerk shall cause to be affixed hereto a certificate of
publication of the newspaper in which the summary of this Resolution
shall have been published, and the Mayor, if there is no Petition for a
Referendum, shall declare the Charter Amendment made to be effective on
the effective date herein provided for, which is July 30, 1968, by affixing
his signature hereto in the space provided below the effective date hereof.

Section 4. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if a proper
Petition for a Referendum on the Charter amendment herein proposed is
filed, the Mayor and other proper officials of the City of Cumberland shall
comply with all of the provisions set forth in Sections 13 to 17, both inclu-
sive, of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Section 5. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That as soon as the
Charter amendment hereby made shall become effective, either as herein
provided or following a Referendum, the Mayor shall send separately, by
registered mail, to the Secretary of the State of Maryland, and to the
Department of Legislative Reference of Maryland, a complete certified
copy of the text of this Resolution, the date of the Referendum, if any is
held, a certificate showing the number of Councilmen voting for and
against it, and a report on the votes cast for or against the amendment
hereby enacted at any Referendum thereon, and the effective date of the
Charter Amendment.

This Resolution passed this 10th day of June, 1968.

Thomas F. Conlon, Mayor
ATTEST:
Wallace G. Ullery, City Clerk

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