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nization unit, program, purpose or activity, and object. It shall begin with
a clear general summary of its contents; shall show in detail all estimated
income, indicating the proposed property tax levy, and all proposed ex-
penditures, including debt service, for the ensuing fiscal year; and shall
be so arranged as to show comparative figures for actual and estimated
income and expenditures of the current fiscal year and actual income and
expenditures of the preceding fiscal year. It shall indicate in separate
sections:

(1)    Proposed expenditures for current operations during the ensuing
fiscal year, detailed by offices, departments and agencies in terms of their
respective work programs, and the method of financing such expenditures;
and

(2)    Proposed capital expenditures during the ensuing fiscal year,
detailed by offices, departments and agencies when practicable, and the
proposed method of financing each such capital expenditure.

The total of proposed expenditures shall not exceed the total of
estimated income, and applied surplus, if any.

40-50. Council action on budget.

(a)    Notice and Hearing. The Council shall publish in one or more
newspapers of general circulation in the city a notice stating:

(1)    The times and places where copies of the message and budget
are available for inspection by the public, and

(2)    The time and place for a public hearing on the budget.

(b)    Amendment Before Adoption. After the public hearing, the
Council may adopt the budget with or without amendment. In amending
the budget, it may add or increase programs or amounts and may delete
or decrease any programs or amounts, except expenditures required by
law or for debt service or for estimated cash deficit, provided that no
amendment to the budget shall increase the authorized expenditures to an
amount greater than the total of estimated income or applied surplus,
if any.

(c)    Adoption. The Council shall adopt the budget on or before the
tenth day of June of the fiscal year currently ending.

Section 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of the adop-
tion of the Resolution is May 19, 1969 and that the amendment to the
Charter of the City of Greenbelt, hereby proposed by this enactment, shall
be and become effective on July 8, 1969 unless a proper petition for a
referendum hereon shall be filed as permitted by law. A complete and
exact copy of the Resolution shall be posted in the City office until June 28,
1969, and a copy of the title of this Resolution shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Greenbelt not less than
four (4) times at weekly intervals before June 28, 1969.

Section 3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as soon as the charter
amendment hereby enacted shall become effective, either as herein provided
or following a referendum, the City Manager shall send separately, by
registered mail to the Secretary of the State of Maryland, to the Depart-
ment 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 the question contained in the charter