MONTGOMERY COUNTY                               2085

or congressional election occurring after the filing of this petition on the
following proposed amendment of the Montgomery County Charter: (set-
ting forth the complete text of proposed amendment).

Section 2. Section 2-2, title "Same—Information required; signatures,"
of Chapter 2, title "Administration," is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

2-2. Same—Information required; signatures.

(a)     Following such petition, there shall be the signatures of the
petitioners who shall be registered voters of the county. Opposite the
signature of each signer, which shall be written by himself in his own
handwriting and not by his mark, there shall appear his residence address,
including post office, and the district and precinct in which he is a reg-
istered voter. Below the signature of each signer his name shall be copied
in print lettering by hand or mechanical means.

(b)     Below the signatures there shall appear an affidavit made be-
fore a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths in
the state stating that each signature on the sheet was affixed in the pres-
ence of the affiant, that each such signature is the signature of the signer,
that each signer is a registered voter of the county, and that each signer
affixed his signature as his voluntary act. Any one affidavit may apply
to or cover any number of signatures to the petition.

(c)     All sheets of a petition duly filed for a referendum on a pro-
posed amendment shall constitute a single petition for such referendum
on that amendment. The total number of signatures of different regis-
tered voters attached to the sheets constituting a single petition shall be
not less than that number required by the Charter if under the Constitu-
tion of Maryland the Charter controls, otherwise as provided in the Con-
stitution.

Section 3. Section 2-3, title "Same—Filing of petition; publication of
amendment," of Chapter 2, title "Administration," is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

2-3. Same—Filing of petition; publication of amendment.

All sheets of a referendum petition shall be filed with the president
of the council on or before the date prescribed by public general law of
the state or the Charter of the County, whichever shall be applicable. If
such date is not prescribed by public general law or Charter, then such fil-
ing shall occur not later than sixty days preceding the date of the next
regular, general or congressional election at which such proposed amend-
ment is to be submitted to the voters of the county. Within seven days
after such filing, the president of the council shall forward such petition
to the Board of Supervisors of Elections, which shall notify the council
or the president thereof whether or not such petition is valid. If notified
that the petition so filed is a valid petition requiring a referendum thereon,
the president of the council sh