Charlestown                                     2047

Section 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President
of the Commissioners of Charlestown is hereby specifically enjoined to
carry out the provisions of Section 2 hereof and, as evidence of said com-
pliance, said President shall cause to be affixed to the minutes of this meet-
ing an appropriate Certificate of Publication of the newspaper in which
the title of this Resolution shall have been published and shall declare the
charter amendment hereby enacted to be effective by affixing his signature
hereto in the space provided, on said effective date.

Section 4. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, as soon as the char-
ter amendment hereby enacted shall become effective, either as herein pro-
vided or following a referendum thereon, said President shall send sepa-
rately, by registered mail, to the Secretary of State of Maryland and to
the Department of Legislative Reference of Maryland, a copy of the text
of Section 35 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Cecil County (1961
Edition) as hereby enacted, a certified copy of this Resolution showing
the number of Commissioners voting for and against it, and a report on
the votes cast for and against the charter amendment hereby enacted at
any referendum thereon and the date of any such referendum.

The foregoing resolution was passed at the regular meeting of The
Commissioners of Charlestown on August 11, 1970, at which 3 Commis-
sioners were present, 3 Commissioners having voted for the Resolution
and 0 Commissioners having voted against it.

Walter G. Murphy
President of the Commissioners
of Charlestown
ATTEST:
Patricia J. Murphy, Town Clerk

RESOLUTION

Resolution of The Commissioners of Charlestown, adopted pursuant
to the authority of Article 11-E of the Constitution of Maryland and
Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland to amend Section 42
of the Charter of Charlestown and the Code of Public Local Laws of
Cecil County (1961 Edition), said Code being Article 8 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, to change the hours of municipal
elections in Charlestown from 6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. to the new hours
of 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m.

Section 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF
CHARLESTOWN that Section 42 of the Code of Public Local Laws be and
the same is hereby amended to change the hours of municipal elections in
Charlestown from the present hours of 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to the new
hours of 12:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of
adoption of this Resolution is May 12, 1970 and the amendment of the
Charter of Charlestown herein set forth shall become effective on July 1,
1970, unless a proper petition for a referendum hereon shall be filed as
permitted by law, provided a complete and exact copy of this Resolution
shall be continuously posted on the Bulletin Board in the Town Office until
June 22, 1970, and a copy of the title of this Resolution shall be published
in the Cecil Whig or other newspaper in general circulation in the Town,
once in each of the four weeks commencing May 17, 1970.