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I HEREBY CERTIFY, That the aforegoing is a true and exact copy
of Charter Amendment Resolution No. 52, passed by the Mayor and City
Council of Cumberland, Maryland, in Regular Session on February 16,
1971.

I FURTHER CERTIFY, That there was no Petition for a Referendum
on the proposed amendment filed within the required time and, therefore,
the same became effective on April 7, 1971.

Wallace G. Ullery, City Clerk

Charter Amendment
Resolution No. 53

Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, Mary-
land, adopted pursuant to the authority contained in Article 11-E
of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, and Section 13 of Article
23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, entitled "Municipal Cor-
porations," as said Section was enacted by Chapter 423 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1955, entitled, "A RESOLU-
TION TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CUMBER-
LAND (1966 EDITION), BEING ARTICLE 1A OF THE CODE OF
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS OF MARYLAND, BY REPEALING AND
REENACTING SECTION 79 OF SAID CHARTER, AND REPEAL-
ING SECTIONS 80 AND 228 OF SAID CHARTER."

Section 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUN-
CIL OF CUMBERLAND, That Section 79 of the Charter of the City of
Cumberland (1966 Edition), as enacted by Charter Amendment Resolu-
tion No. 24, passed by the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland on
February 20, 1967, be and is hereby repealed and reenacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

"All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by any section of this
Article, or for the violation of any Ordinance of said City, shall be recov-
erable in the name of the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland before
[a City Magistrate] the District Court, or such other Court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, as debts, and shall be paid to the Mayor and City Coun-
cil, for the use of said City."

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Section 80 of
the Charter of the City of Cumberland (1966 Edition) enacted by
Charter Amendment Resolution No. 19, passed January 8, 1962, and Sec-
tion 228 of said Charter of the City of Cumberland enacted by Charter
Amendment Resolution No. 24, passed February 20, 1967, be and they
are hereby repealed.

Section 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the date of
the passage of this Resolution is May 11, 1971, and the amendment of the
Charter of the City of Cumberland, hereby enacted, shall become effective
on June 30, 1971, unless a proper Petition for a Referendum hereon shall
be filed as provided by Section 13 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, and provided a complete and exact copy of this Resolution
shall be continuously posted on the North Centre Street entrance of the
City Hall, Cumberland, Maryland, until June 20, 1971, and provided
further that a fair summary of the proposed amendment shall be pub-
lished in the Cumberland Evening Times, a newspaper of general circu-
lation in the City of Cumberland, once in each of the weeks of May 10,
17, 24, 31; June 7, 1971.