2224                               Municipal Charters

the said town, and who shall constitute the Board of Election Supervisors
of said town, and who shall act as judges of election, to serve for two
years and until their successors shall have qualified. And on the second
Monday in [February, 1962] December, 1973 and thereafter biennially
on the second Monday in [February] December, the Mayor and City
Council shall in like manner appoint two additional persons to act with
the said Supervisors of Election as judges of election, and two other per-
sons to act as clerks of election, all of whom shall have the same qualifica-
tions as the Board of Election Supervisors.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of the adoption of the
Resolution is 8th of November, 1971 and that the Amendment to the Char-
ter of the City of Laurel, hereby proposed by this enactment, shall be and
become effective on the 28th day of December, 1971, unless a proper peti-
tion for referendum hereon shall be filed as permitted by law. A complete
and exact copy of the Resolution shall be posted in the City Office until the
18th day of December, 1971 and a copy of the title of this Resolution shall
be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Laurel
not less than four times at weekly intervals before the 20th day of De-
cember, 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 Laurel shall send
separately by registered mail, to the Secretary of the State of Maryland,
to the Department of Legislative Reference, Hall of Records Commission
and State Library, the following information concerning the Charter
Amendment:

1.   The complete text of this 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, whether by the Council of the City of Lau-
rel or in a referendum; and

4.    The effective date of the Charter Amendment.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor of the City of
Laurel, be and he is specifically enjoined and instructed to carry out the pro-
visions of Sections 2 and 3 as evidence of compliance herewith, the said
Mayor shall cause to be affixed to the Minutes of this meeting:

1.   An appropriate certificate of publication of the newspaper in which
the title of this Resolution shall have been published; and

2.   Return receipts of the mailing referred to in the aforegoing sec-
tions and shall further complete and execute the Certificate of effect at-
tached hereto.

Passed this 5th day of November, 1971.

Leo E. Wilson, President of the City Council
Harold T. Rice, Clerk-Treasurer

APPROVED THIS 8th day of November, 1971.
Merrill L. Harrison, Mayor