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the voters of Wicomico County, Maryland, on November 3, 1964,
providing that sixty days be allowed after the close of the Legislative
Session within which referendum petitions may be filed.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYLAND, that Section 309(b), title, "Peti-
tions; when filed" of Article III, entitled "The Legislative Branch" of the
Charter of Wicomico County, Maryland, be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Section 309(b) "Petitions; when filed." Any referendum petition
hereunder shall be filed with the Board of Supervisors of Elections within
[forty-five] SIXTY days after the close of the Legislative Session at which
the subject of the referendum was passed, and shall bear the signatures
of ten per centum of the registered voters of the County.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that this Act, having
been approved by not less than four members of the County Council of
Wicomico County, said proposed amendments shall be published by the
Administrative Director in one or more newspapers of general circulation
in Wicomico County once each week for five successive weeks prior to the
next General election or Congressional election occurring after the passage
hereof and at said election the question shall be submitted to the voters of
the County and if at said election the majority of the votes cast on the
question shall be in favor of the herein proposed amendments, such amend-
ments shall stand adopted and become a part of the Charter of Wicomico
County, Maryland, from and after the thirtieth day following said election
in accordance with Article XI, Section 1102, of the Charter of Wicomico
County, Maryland.

CERTIFIED CORRECT AS PASSED

Richard S. Wootten, President
David H. Clark, Secretary

I HEREBY CERTIFY that twenty-five (25) copies of the above Bill
are available for distribution to the public and press at the time of its
introduction.

David H. Clark, Secretary

Legislative Session (Second) June, 1970

Chapter 7

(Bill No. 7)

Introduced June 1, 1970

BY: Mr. Wootten, Mr. Riley, Mr. Burnett, Mr. Grier and Mr. Insley

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments Article IV entitled,
"The Executive Branch," Section 404, title, "Veto" of the Charter of
Wicomico County, Maryland, as adopted by the voters of Wicomico
County, Maryland, on November 3, 1964, providing that the County
Council may veto legislation within thirty days following the close
of the Legislative Session.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYLAND, that Section 404, title, "Veto" of
Article IV entitled "The Executive Branch" of the Charter of Wicomico