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respects to be effective and observed as such upon the fiftieth (50) day fol-
lowing the date of adoption unless on or before the fortieth (40) day after
adoption there shall be presented to the Mayor and Town Council of Chev-
erly a petition for referendum in accordance with Section 13 of Article
23A of the Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland (1957
Edition), as amended.

Adopted May 14, 1970
Test: David J. Ferguson

E. C. Clark, Councilman

Jos. B. Jochum, Councilman

Robert W. Heffron, Councilman

Robert W. O'Connors, Councilman

Resolution and Ordinance to amend Article V "Elections", of the
Charter and Local Laws of the town of Cheverly, Maryland, by amend-
ing Section C-17 "Registration of Voters".

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Cheverly,
Maryland, are of the considered opinion that the Charter should be changed
to permit persons eighteen years old to register and vote in Town elections;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED BY
THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF CHEVERLY, MARYLAND,
that Article V, "Elections" of the Charter and Local Laws of the Town of
Cheverly, Maryland, be and the same is hereby amended to read and pro-
vide as hereinafter set forth:

Section C-17. Registration of voters.

"For the purpose of conducting municipal elections in the Town of
Cheverly, the Mayor and Town Council of Cheverly shall have full power
and are hereby directed to provide for the annual registration of new
voters and revision of the registration lists. The Mayor and Town Council
shall have full power by ordinance, not in conflict with the laws of the State
of Maryland, to provide for the registration of voters for the Town elec-
tions. The Mayor and Town Council shall have full power to appoint regis-
tered voters of the Town as registration officials, who may, at the pleasure
of the majority of the Mayor and Councilmen, be removed from office and
successors appointed. No person shall be entitled to register as a voter un-
less the applicant will reach his or her 18th birthday on or before the date
of the next regular Town election. In addition to the qualifications afore-
said, every applicant to register as a voter shall be a United States citizen,
shall have his actual residence in the Town of Cheverly and shall have re-
sided within the limits of said Town not less than one (1) year next pre-
ceding the date of any regular Town election. Transfers may be granted
by the registration officials from one (1) ward to another in said Town. No
person shall be entitled to register on Election Day."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a fair summary of this resolu-
tion be published not less than four (4) times at not less than weekly
intervals within a period of forty (40) days after the date of adoption in a
newspaper having general circulation in the Town of Cheverly and a com-
plete copy of the resolution shall be posted in a public place within Cheverly
for a period of at least forty (40) days following its adoption.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this amendment to the Char-
ter and Local Laws of the Town of Cheverly shall become and be consid-