2364                               Municipal Charters

Charter of The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster hereby ini-
tiated by this enactment shall be and become effective on May 14, 1971,
unless a proper petition for a referendum hereon shall be filed as per-
mitted by law. A complete and exact copy of this Resolution shall be posted
in the City Hall until May 4, 1971, and a copy of the Title of this Resolu-
tion shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Westminster
not less than four (4) times, at weekly intervals, before May 4, 1971.

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 of Westminster shall send
separately, by registered mail, to the Secretary of State of Maryland, and
to the Department of Legislative Reference, the following information
concerning the charter amendment: (1) the complete text of Section 750A
of the Charter of the Mayor and Common Council of Westminster, as hereby
enacted; (2) the date of the referendum election, if any, held with respect
thereto; (3) the number of votes cast for and against the question con-
tained in the charter amendment, whether by the Common Council of
Westminster or in a referendum; and (4) the effective date of the charter
amendment.

Section 4. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor of
Westminster be and he is hereby specifically enjoined and instructed to
carry out the provisions 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) appropriate certificates of publication of the newspaper in
which the Title of this Resolution shall have been published and (2) the
return receipts of the mailing referred to in Section 3, and shall further
complete and execute the Certificate of Effect attached hereto.

Russell A. Sellman
David S. Babylon, Jr.
LeRoy L. Conaway
F. Kale Mathias
Ray D. Riley
ATTEST:
George R. Zinn, City Clerk

Approved this 25th day of March, 1971
Joseph H. Hahn, Jr., Mayor

Approved as to form and legal sufficiency this 25th day of March, 1971.

Stanfor deHoff, City Attorney

QUORUM:

CITY OF WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND
September 13, 1971

A regular meeting of The Mayor and Council was held in the Council
Chamber on the evening of September 13, 1971, at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Hahn,
Council President Conaway; Councilmen Babylon, Eckard, Riley and
Wampler; and Department Heads Day and Dell were present and acted
throughout.

MINUTES APPROVAL:

The Minutes of the meetings of August 3, 9 and 23, 1971, were ap-
proved as presented on MOTION of Mr. Eckard, seconded by Mr. Riley
and duly passed.