2264                               Municipal Charters

WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the United States, ruling on
the Constitutionality of this law, has ruled that it shall apply only to the
elections for national office, and

WHEREAS, pursuant to this ruling by the Supreme Court, the sev-
eral states, counties and municipalities are in the position of being re-
quired to establish and adopt their own legal qualifications for the regis-
tration of persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years, pro-
vided they desire to legalize the voting privilege of this age group for
their respective local elections, and

WHEREAS, the State of Maryland and Prince George's County have
a residency qualification of six months, and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council are desirous to conform the
residency qualifications of the City with those of Prince George's County
and the State of Maryland.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED and Ordained this 2nd day
of February, 1971, that the Mayor and City Council of the City of Mt.
Rainier propose an amendment to the City Charter in accordance with the
Home Rule Procedures of Article 23A of the "Annotated Code of Mary-
land", by amending Section 53-13 "Qualifications" to read as follows:

Section 53-13. Qualifications.

All citizens of the United States of the age of [twenty-one] EIGHT-
EEN years and over who shall have actually resided within the limits of
said city not less than [365 days] SIX MONTHS next preceding any reg-
ular election for Councilmen, who have never been convicted of any in-
famous crime, shall be qualified voters of said city, and as such shall be en-
titled to register as hereinafter provided, and after such registration to
vote at any election held in said city under the provisions of this sub-title,
or under the provisions of any other Act requiring an election to be held in
said city for any city purposes whatsoever, until they shall be thereafter
disqualified by loss of citizenship, actual removal from said city or convic-
tion for an infamous crime, and shall for such disqualification be stricken
from the registration books hereinafter provided for.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of the adoption of
this Resolution is February 2, 1971, and that the Amendment to the Charter
of the City of Mt. Rainier, hereby proposed shall become effective March 25,
1971, 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 Mt. Rainier not less than four (4) times at weekly intervals be-
fore the 15th day of March, 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 Mt. Rainier 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 referendum election, if any, held with respect thereto.

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

4.  The effective date of the Charter Amendment.