2068                                    MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS

BY: ROGER W. MOYER, MAYOR

ATTEST:

Margaret D. Burket, City Clerk

RESOLUTION OF THE
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE

CITY OF ANNAPOLIS
TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT

SECTION 1 (b) - OF THE CITY CHARTER

Resolution of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis, adopted
pursuant to the authority of Article 11-E of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland and Article 23-A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966
Replacement Volume), titled "Corporations-Municipal", to repeal and re-enact
Section 1 (b) of the Charter of the City of Annapolis for the purpose of providing
that the residence requirement in the City of Annapolis be reduced to two (2) years
prior to the election for the Mayor and to two (2) years in the City prior to the
election for the Aldermen, and all matters relating generally.

SECTION I: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND
ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS that Section 1 (b) of the
Charter of the City of Annapolis be, and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted to read as follows:

(b) The said city shall, by ordinance, be divided into eight (8) wards, of
approximately equal population, provided that an additional ward or wards of
said city may be established by ordinance, in the event additional territory is
annexed to said city, as provided in section 4 of this Charter. The citizens and
residents of Annapolis qualified to vote for members of the general assembly of
Maryland, and otherwise qualified by the registration and election laws for such
cases made and provided, shall elect by ballot every four years, beginning in
1953, on the third Tuesday in May, a mayor; and the voters qualified as
aforesaid, in each ward shall at the same time elect by ballot one resident
thereof as alderman, and said mayor and said aldermen so elected shall
constitute the corporation of said city, under the name and style of the mayor
and aldermen of the City of Annapolis. The Mayor shall receive a salary of
$12,000.00 per year payable monthly, and each alderman shall receive a salary
of $2,400.00 per year payable monthly, for any and all services performed by
them for the municipality or any agency thereof. The Mayor and aldermen shall
not be allowed any fixed amount for expenses. The terms of office of the mayor
and aldermen shall be four years, or until their successors shall be elected and
qualified, the beginning and ending of such terms to be as prescribed in section
5 of this Charter. The mayor must have resided in the City of Annapolis for at
least [five years] TWO YEARS immediately preceding his election, must be a