BRENTWOOD                                            2093

CHARTER AMENDMENT 72-3

MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF BRENTWOOD, MARYLAND

A RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE to amend Section 6-16 of the Code of
Public Laws of Prince George's County, Maryland, (1963 Edition) titled
"Brentwood," and subtitled, "General powers; penalties," being a part of the
Charter of the Town of Brentwood, Maryland, and changing the Section 6-16 by
adding a new paragraph (b) to grant the authority to the Mayor and Council to
contract and/or borrow on the credit of the town for the health, safety and welfare
of the citizens of Brentwood.

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the

Mayor and Town Council of Brentwood, Maryland, that Section 6-16 of the Code
of Public Laws of Prince George's County, Maryland, (1963 Edition), titled,
"Brentwood," and subtitled "General powers; penalties," being a part of the
Charter of the Town of Brentwood, Maryland, be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:

6-16

(A). The Mayor and Town Council shall have full power to pass such
ordinances as they may deem necessary for the good government, health, and
improvement of the town, and for the preservation of peace and good order
therein. They may provide by ordinance for the opening and closing of streets,
alleys, the straightening, widening and improvement of same, for the establishment
of width and care of sidewalks and the construction of the same; they may by
ordinance cause such license to be issued as the State laws may permit, upon such
terms and conditions as to them may seem proper; they shall have full power to
impose such fines, penalties and punishment for the breach of their ordinances as
they may think proper. They may recover such fines or penalties by an action of
debt, and in addition thereto may provide for the commitment of the offender for
a period of not more than thirty days, to such place of confinement as they may
provide.

6-16

(B). THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL SHALL HAVE FULL
AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT AND/OR BORROW MONEY ON THE
CREDIT OF THE TOWN FROM TIME TO TIME, AS THEY MAY DEEM
NECESSARY, TO EFFECTUATE ANY OF THE POWERS GRANTED
THEM UNDER THIS CHARTER AND/OR ARE NECESSARY AND
PROPER FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY
AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the

Mayor and Town Council of Brentwood, Maryland, that any section or sections of
the Charter of the Town of Brentwood, Maryland, which are inconsistent with the
above enacted section, be and the same are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the

Mayor and Town Council of Brentwood, Maryland, that the aforegoing proposed
amendment shall be posted in the Town Hall for a period of at least forty (40)
days following its adoption, and shall further be published in the Prince George's
Post once in each of four successive weeks before the 12th day of August, 1972.