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11-2. EVERY ORDINANCE, UNLESS IT IS PASSED AS AN
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AT THE
EXPIRATION OF TWENTY CALENDAR DAYS FOLLOWING ITS
PASSAGE BY THE COUNCIL. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE.

11-3 A FAIR SUMMARY OF EVERY ORDINANCE EXCEPTING
EMERGENCY ORDINANCES SHALL BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST ONCE
PRIOR TO THE DATE OF PASSAGE IN A NEWSPAPER HAVING
GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE CITY. A FAIR SUMMARY OF
EVERY ORDINANCE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY ORDINANCES,
SHALL BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST ONCE WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER
THE DATE OF PASSAGE IN A NEWSPAPER HAVING GENERAL
CIRCULATION IN THE CITY.

12-0 PUBLIC RECORDS. ALL PUBLIC RECORDS SHALL BE
PERMANENTLY FILED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND SHALL
BE KEPT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION DURING NORMAL
BUSINESS HOURS.

13-0 MAYOR - SELECTION AND TERM. THE MAYOR SHALL BE
ELECTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED AND SHALL HOLD OFFICE
FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS OR UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR IS
ELECTED AND QUALIFIED. THE NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR SHALL
TAKE OFFICE ON THE SECOND MONDAY FOLLOWING HIS
ELECTION. THE MAYOR HOLDING OFFICE AT THE TIME THIS
CHARTER BECOMES EFFECTIVE SHALL CONTINUE TO HOLD
OFFICE FOR THE TERM FOR WHICH HE WAS ELECTED AND UNTIL
HIS SUCCESSOR TAKES OFFICE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
CHARTER.

14-0 QUALIFICATIONS. THE MAYOR MUST HAVE RESIDED IN THE
TOWN FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING HIS
ELECTION AND MUST BE A FREEHOLDER OR SPOUSE OF A
FREEHOLDER AND QUALIFIED VOTER OF THE TOWN.

15-0 SALARY. THE MAYOR SHALL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY
OF NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($900.00) PER YEAR. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT THE SALARY SPECIFIED IN THIS CHARTER MAY
BE CHANGED BY ORDINANCE PASSED BY THE COUNCIL IN THE
REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS BUT SHALL NOT BE INCREASED
FOR THE MAYOR DURING THE TERM FOR WHICH HE WAS
ELECTED.

16-0 POWERS AND DUTIES. THE MAYOR SHALL BE RECOGNIZED AS
THE HEAD OF THE TOWN GOVERNMENT FOR ALL CEREMONIAL
PURPOSES. BY THE COURTS FOR SERVING CIVIL PROCESS AND BY
THE GOVERNOR FOR THE PURPOSES OF MILITARY LAW. HE SHALL
HAVE SUCH OTHER POWERS AND PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES
AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY THIS CHARTER OR AS MAY BE
REQUIRED OF HIM BY THE COUNCIL, NOT INCONSISTENT WITH
THIS CHARTER.

17-0 GENERAL POWERS.

17-1. THE COUNCIL SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PASS ALL SUCH
ORDINANCES NOT CONTRARY TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND OR THIS CHARTER AS IT MAY DEEM
NECESSARY FOR THE GOOD GOVERNMENT OF THE TOWN; FOR