Hyattsville

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unless a proper petition for referendum hereon shall be received in the
City Office in accordance with law and a copy of the fair summary of this
Resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
City of Hyattsville not less than four (4) times at weekly intervals before
the 26th day of April, 1971.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that as soon as the Charter
Amendment hereby enacted shall become effective, either as herein pro-
vided or following a referendum, the Mayor of the City of Hyattsville shall
send separately, by registered mail, to the Secretary of State of Maryland,
to the Department of Legislative Reference, the following information
concerning the Charter Amendment:

1.   The complete text of the Resolution.

2.   The date of the referendum election, if any, held with respect
thereto;

3.   The number of votes cast for and against the question contained
in the Charter Amendment.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor of the City of
Hyattsville be, and he is specifically enjoined and instructed to carry out
the provisions herein before stated as evidence of compliance herewith,
and the said Mayor shall cause to be filed the appropriate certification of
publication and mailing receipts referred to in the before sections.

ATTEST:

A. LeRoy Trott, Clerk-Treasurer

By Order of the City Council
Charles L. Armentrout, Mayor

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, on January 4, 1971, the City Council of Hyattsville,
Maryland, passed a Resolution to amend Section 4-1 of the Hyattsville City
Charter of 1967, further described as that section of the Charter entitled
"Qualification of Voters." Said Resolution provided for the posting of
same by the Clerk-Treasurer, and for the publication of notice required
by law; and,

WHEREAS, due publication of the Resolution has been made, as will
appear from the Certificate of Publication from the Prince Georges Post
filed in the records of the City; and,

WHEREAS, after posting a copy of the Resolution and proposed
Charter Amendment for forty days at the Municipal Building, no petitions
for a referendum were filed at the City Offices within the said forty-day
period, which ended on February 13, 1971.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it Resolved by the City Council that it is
hereby determined and proclaimed that the proposed amendment to Sec-
tion 4-1 of the City Charter as contained in the Resolution adopted Janu-
ary 4, 1971, shall now become a part of the said Charter on and after Feb-
ruary 24, 1971.

AND BE IT FURTHER Resolved that Charles L. Armentrout, Mayor,
be and he is hereby authorized and directed to send a certified copy of
the amended Section 4-1 of the City Charter, as enacted, to the Secretary