2058                                    MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

the fitness or unfitness of such person for the position which he occupies, both
morally and physically.

ALL APPOINTMENTS BY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY
OF ANNAPOLIS, IN SAID POLICE DEPARTMENT AS PROVIDED
FOR IN SECTION 25 OF THIS CHARTER SHALL BE AS
PROBATIONARY POLICE OFFICERS FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN
MONTHS AFTER SAID APPOINTMENT AND THE PROBATIONARY
POLICE OFFICER MAY BE DISMISSED FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER, IF SAID POLICE
COMMISSIONER SHALL FIND HIM UNSUITED FOR THE SERVICE
TO WHICH APPOINTMENT WAS MADE. THAT WHEN A POLICE
OFFICER IS ON PROBATIONARY STATUS, HE MAY BE DISMISSED
WITHOUT A HEARING BY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER AND
SUCH ACTION SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW OR APPEAL.

SECTION II. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis that the date of adoption of this Resolution is
February 14, 1972, and the amendment of the Charter of the City of Annapolis,
hereby enacted shall become effective on April 4, 1972, unless a proper petition for
referendum hereon shall be filed as permitted by law, provided a complete and
exact copy of this Resolution shall be continuously posted on the bulletin board in
the City Hall, until March 25, 1972, and provided further that a copy of the title
of this Resolution shall be published in the "Evening Capital", a newspaper of
general circulation in the City of Annapolis, or in any other newspaper of such
general circulation, once in each of the weeks, February 21, February 28, March 6,
March 13, and March 20, 1972.

SECTION III. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is
hereby specifically commanded to carry out the provisions of Section II hereof,
and, as evidence of such compliance, the Mayor shall cause to be affixed to the
Minutes of this meeting appropriate certificates of publication of the newspaper or
newspapers in which the title of this Resolution shall have been published and shall
declare the Charter change hereby enacted to be effective on April 4, 1972, or
following a favorable referendum thereon, by affixing his signature hereto in the
space provided on the effective date of change.

SECTION IV. 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
mail, to the Secretary of State of Maryland and to the Department of Legislative
Reference of Maryland a clear certified copy of this Resolution showing the
number of Aldermen voting for and against it and a report on the votes cast for or
against the amendment hereby enacted at any referendum thereon and the date of
such referendum.

The above Charter Amendment was enacted by the foregoing Resolution which
was passed at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Annapolis, February 14, 1972 eight (8) Aldermen voting in the affirmative and
zero (0) Aldermen voting in the negative, and the said Resolution becomes
effective in accordance with law on the 4th day of April, 1972.

THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS

BY: ROGER W. MOYER, MAYOR

ATTEST:

Margaret D. Burket, City Clerk