CAPITOL HEIGHTS                                    2111

LAWS APPLICABLE. EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER OTHERWISE
PROVIDED, ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF
MARYLAND, ALL THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND
APPLICABLE TO THE TOWN OF CAPITOL HEIGHTS, WHICH ARE
NOW IN FORCE OR MAY HEREINAFTER BE ENACTED, AND ALL OF
THE EXISTING ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF CAPITOL HEIGHTS,
EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, SHALL BE AND THE SAME
ARE HEREBY EXTENDED AND MADE APPLICABLE TO SUCH
PORTION OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AS IS, UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ANNEXED TO AND MADE A PART OF
THE SAID TOWN OF CAPITOL HEIGHTS. NOTHING HEREIN, OR
ELSEWHERE IN THIS SECTION, SHALL AFFECT THE POWER OF THE
MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF CAPITOL HEIGHTS TO AMEND
OR REPEAL ANY ORDINANCE EXISTING AT THE DATE OF THE
PASSAGE OF THIS SECTION, OR TO ENACT AND ORDAIN ANY
ORDINANCE WHICH, AT THE DATE OF THE PASSAGE OF THIS
SECTION, OR HEREAFTER, IT MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO ENACT AND
ORDAIN.

JURISDICTION OF TOWN. ALL INHABITANTS OF THE
TERRITORY ANNEXED TO THE TOWN OF CAPITOL HEIGHTS BY
THIS SECTION, SHALL, IN ALL RESPECTS AND TO ALL INTENTS
AND PURPOSES, BE SUBJECT TO THE POWERS, JURISDICTION AND
AUTHORITY VESTED, OR TO BE VESTED BY LAW, IN THE MAYOR
AND COMMON COUNCIL OF CAPITOL HEIGHTS, AND TO ALL THE
ORDINANCES NOW IN FORCE IN SAID TOWN, OR WHICH MAY
HEREINAFTER BE ENACTED AND ORDAINED BY IT, SO FAR AS THE
SAME MAY BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION, AND THE TERRITORY SO ANNEXED SHALL, IN ALL
RESPECTS BE TAKEN AND CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL OF CAPITOL HEIGHTS.

TAXES. NO REAL ESTATE TAXES OR OTHERWISE WILL BE
LEVIED AGAINST SAID PROPERTY CONCERNED IN THESE
PROCEEDINGS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEY SAID PROPERTY IS
SUBDIVIDED AND/OR IMPROVED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF
BUILDINGS THEREON, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME THE MAYOR AND
COMMON COUNCIL OF CAPITOL HEIGHTS WILL PERFORM NO
MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO THE SAID AREA CONCERNED IN THESE
PROCEEDINGS.

3-0 THE COUNCIL (NUMBER, SELECTION, TERMS.) ALL LEGISLATIVE
POWERS OF THE TOWN SHALL BE VESTED IN A COUNCIL
CONSISTING OF A MAYOR AND SIX COUNCILMEN, WHO SHALL BE
ELECTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED AND WHO SHALL HOLD
OFFICE FOR TERMS OF TWO YEARS OR UNTIL THE SUCCEEDING
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN ELECTED TO SUCCEED THEM TAKE
OFFICE. THE REGULAR TERM OF COUNCILMEN SHALL EXPIRE ON
THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY FOLLOWING THE ELECTION AND
QUALIFICATION OF THEIR SUCCESSORS. COUNCILMEN HOLDING
OFFICE AT THE TIME THIS CHARTER BECOMES EFFECTIVE SHALL
CONTINUE TO HOLD OFFICE FOR THE TERM FOR WHICH THEY
WERE ELECTED.

4-0 QUALIFICATION OF COUNCILMEN, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
SHALL BE A FREEHOLDER OR A SPOUSE OF A FREEHOLDER,
OWNING REAL ESTATE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF AN ASSESSED VALUE OF AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($1,000.00) EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR WITH HIS OR HER
SPOUSE, SHALL HAVE ATTAINED THE AGE OF AT LEAST