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B. There shall be a general registration of voters of the said town
in the year of 1933, and thereafter whenever directed by the Mayor and
Town Council, which shall be held on two (2) days to be named by the
Mayor and Town Council, the earlier of which shall not be more than
forty (40) days before the first Monday in May and the latter of which
shall not be less than thirty (30) days before the first Monday in May.
Notice of all registration shall be given as in elections, as aforesaid, which
shall be of not less than fifteen (15) days in advance of the first day
fixed for such registration. In the years in which there shall be no general
registration of voters, the Mayor and Town Council shall name similar
registration days, as herein provided, for supplemental registration and
revision, at which sitting duly qualified persons may register, and the
names of persons on the said books of registration who have removed
from the said Town, or for other reasons are disqualified as voters, shall
be erased from the books by the registration officers upon their own ini-
tiative, or upon affidavit of any bona fide resident of the Town that such
person or persons are not residents of the Town or are otherwise dis-
qualified and not entitled to register and vote in said Town elections. The
registration shall be conducted by the registration officers hereinbefore
provided for, who shall have the power to administer oaths to persons
applying for registration, and should any applicant make false answer
to any material question he shall be guilty of the crime of perjury and
subject to the penalties provided by the law of the State of Maryland.
The registration officers shall register all citizens of the Town of [twenty-
one (21) years] eighteen (18) years and upwards so applying, who at
time of application may possess the qualifications necessary to entitle
them to register as legally qualified voters of the State of Maryland, and
who in addition thereto shall have resided in said town for at least six
(6) months immediately preceding such application for registration.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor of
Edmonston is hereby directed to give notice of this proposed charter
amendment as required by law by posting publicly a complete and exact
copy of this resolution at the Town Municipal Building for at least forty
(40) days after the adoption of this resolution, and by arranging for the
publication of an exact copy or fair summary of the charter amendment
proposed herein in the Prince George's Post, a newspaper of general cir-
culation in the town, not less than four (4) times, at weekly intervals,
within a period of at least forty (40) days after the adoption of this
resolution.

Section 3. AND 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 Mayor shall send separately by
registered or certified mail to the Secretary of State of Maryland and to
the Department of Legislative Reference of Maryland the following: (1)
the complete text of this amendment, (2) the date of the referendum
election, if any, (3) the number of votes cast for and against the amend-
ment, whether in the Council or in a referendum, and (4) the effective
date of the charter amendment.

Section 4. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this amend-
ment shall become part of the Charter of the Town of Edmonston on the
fiftieth day after the adoption of this resolution unless on or before the
fortieth day after adoption there be presented to the Town Council of
Edmonston, or mailed to it by registered or certified mail, a petition signed