2236                               Municipal Charters

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 published in a
newspaper having general circulation in the City not less than four (4)
times at weekly intervals by February 22,1969.

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
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. 4-69
Charter Amendment No. IX

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 22, entitled "(Election
Districts)," of the Charter of the City of Bowie, said section being
Section 5-22 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 22 providing for six election
districts.

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