2116                               Municipal Charters

Section 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 22-50 of the
Charter shall read as follows: "The taxes provided for in Section 48 of
this Charter shall be due and payable on the first day of July in the year
for which they are levied and shall be overdue and in arrears on the first
day of the following October. They shall bear interest while in arrears
at the rate of one percentum (1%) for each month or fraction of a month
until paid. All taxes not paid and in arrears after the first day of the
following July shall be collected as provided in Section 22-51."

Section 3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of the adop-
tion of this Resolution is June 5, 1970, and the amendment to the Charter
hereby enacted shall become effective on July 25, 1970, unless a proper
petition for a referendum hereon shall be filed as permitted by law, pro-
vided a complete copy of this Resolution shall be continuously posted on
the bulletin board in the District Heights Municipal Center until July
25, 1970, and provided further that a copy of the Title and a summary
of this Resolution or a complete copy of this Resolution shall be pub-
lished in the "Enquirer Gazette," a newspaper of general circulation
within the City of District Heights, or in any other newspaper of such
general circulation once in each of the weeks beginning June 7, 1970,
June 14, 1970, June 21, 1970, and June 28, 1970.

Section 4. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is hereby
specifically enjoined to carry out the provisions of Section 3 hereof and,
as evidence of such compliance, the Mayor shall cause to be affixed to the
minutes of this meeting an appropriate certificate of publication of the
newspaper in which the Title and a summary of this Resolution is pub-
lished and shall declare the amendment to the Charter hereby enacted
to be effective by affixing his signature hereto in the space provided
for that purpose.

Section 5. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as soon as the
amendment to the Charter hereby enacted shall become effective, either
as herein provided or following a referendum, the Mayor shall send sepa-
rately by registered mail to the Secretary of the State of Maryland and
to the Department of Legislative Reference of Maryland, (1) a certified
copy of the text of this Resolution as hereby enacted, (2) the date of the
referendum, if any, (3) the number of votes cast for or against this
Charter amendment, whether in the legislative body or in a referendum,
and (4) the effective date if the Charter is amended.

RESOLVED, this 5th day of June, 1970, at a regular meeting of the
Mayor and Commission of the City of District Heights, Prince George's
County, Maryland.

E. Michael Roll, Mayor,
City of District Heights

ATTEST:

Nora Mencer, Clerk

The Charter Amendment enacted by the foregoing Resolution be-
came effective on the 25th day of July, 1970.

The Mayor and Commission of
District Heights, Maryland
By: E. Michael Roll, Mayor

ATTEST:

Glenys M. Zeman, Secretary Commissioner