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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
Reference, 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 Section 21
purportedly enacted on March 13, 1963 to become effective on May 2, 1963.

INTRODUCED AND PASSED by the Council of the City of Bowie,
Maryland at a Regular Meeting on January 13, 1969.

Leo E. Green, Mayor
ATTEST:

Edith Maylack, City Clerk

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 3-69
Charter Amendment No. VIII

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 Maryland
(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 Mary-
land (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 eligible age for voting in
City elections to eighteen years of age.

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]
eighteen years of age, (c) has resided within the corporate limits of the
City for at least six months next preceding any City election and (d) is
registered 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.