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CUMBERLAND

(Allegany County)

Charter Amendment
Resolution No. 54

RESOLUTION of the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, Maryland,
adopted in pursuance of the authority contained in Article 11-E of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, and Section 13 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, entitled "Municipal Corporations", as said Section was enacted by
Chapter 423 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1955, entitled "A
RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND (1966 EDITION), BY REPEALING AND
REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, SECTION 1 OF SAID CODE,
FOUND UNDER THE SUBTITLE "INCORPORATION AND
BOUNDARIES."

SECTION 1: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, That Section 1 of the Charter of the City
of Cumberland (1966 Edition), which reads as follows:

[The inhabitants of the City of Cumberland, in Allegany County, are a
corporation by the name of the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland, and by
that name may sue, and be sued, may have and use a common seal, which may be
altered at pleasure, and may purchase and hold real, personal or mixed property,
or dispose of the same for the benefit of said city; provided, that the purchase or
alienation of such real estate, when the value thereof shall exceed the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars, shall be first submitted to the voters of the city, either at
a general election for the members of the city council after twenty days' public
notice by handbills, or otherwise in their discretion, or at a special election to be
ordered by the said Mayor and City Council to be held under an ordinance for
such purpose, made and passed after twenty days' public notice thereof, as above
provided, stating specifically the object of such election, and provided a majority of
the legal voters voting thereat assent to the same.]

be and is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Section 1 of the
Charter of the City of Cumberland be and is hereby reenacted to read as follows:

"(A) THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF CUMBERLAND, IN
ALLEGANY COUNTY, ARE A CORPORATION BY THE NAME OF THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF CUMBERLAND, AND BY THAT
NAME MAY SUE, AND BE SUED, MAY HAVE AND USE A COMMON
SEAL, WHICH MAY BE ALTERED AT PLEASURE;

"(B) THE SAID MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF CUMBERLAND IS
AUTHORIZED TO ACQUIRE BY CONVEYANCE, PURCHASE OR
CONDEMNATION, REAL OR LEASEHOLD PROPERTY NEEDED FOR
ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE; TO ERECT BUILDINGS THEREON FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE MUNICIPALITY; AND TO SELL AT PUBLIC OR
PRIVATE SALE AFTER TWENTY DAYS' PUBLIC NOTICE AND TO