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Next public meeting on this resolution is to be held on February
3rd, 1969.

By Order of the Mayor and Council

Francis C. O'Donnell, Mayor
ATTEST :

Elsie S. Morrison, Clerk
Voting on the Resolution

Councilwoman S. K. Cristofane
Councilman John P. Campbell
Councilman Josef B. Brown
Councilman Benjamin J. Patterson

BOWIE

Prince George's County

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 2-69

Charter Amendment No. VII

A Resolution of the Council of the City of Bowie, Maryland adopted
pursuant to the authority of Article 11E of the Constitution of Mary-
land and Section 13 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition, as amended) to amend Section 21, entitled
"(Voters)" of the Charter of the City of Bowie, said section being
Section 5-21 of Subtitle 5 of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1963 Edition) which Article contains in whole or
in part the Charter of the City of Bowie, by repealing and re-
enacting with amendments said Section 21 reducing the residence
requirement to three months.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOWIE,
MARYLAND:

Section 1. That the Charter of said municipal corporation be and the
same hereby is amended by repealing Section 21 and re-enacting in lieu
thereof new Section 21 to read as follows:

21. Voters (Registration, Nominations, and Elections). Every per-
son who (a) is a citizen of the United States, (b) is at least twenty-one
years of age, (c) has resided within the corporate limits of the City for at
least [six] three months next preceding any City election and (d) is regis-
tered in accordance with the provisions of this Charter, shall be a qualified
voter of the City. Every qualified voter of the City shall be entitled to vote
at any or all City elections.

Section 2. That the date of the adoption of this Resolution is January
13, 1969 and that the Amendment to the Charter of the City of Bowie,
hereby proposed by this enactment, shall be and become effective on
March 4, 1969, unless a proper petition for a referendum hereon shall be
filed by February 22, 1969 as permitted by law. A complete and exact
copy of the Resolution shall be posted in the City Municipal Building until
February 22, 1969, and a fair summary of the Amendment shall be pub-
lished in a newspaper having general circulation in the City not less than
four (4) times at weekly intervals by February 22, 1969.