2192                                    MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

and substituting therefor the word "two" as the designation of the number of
members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections to be appointed from each Ward.

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 22-19 of the
District Heights City Charter shall read as follows:

(BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS) There shall be a Board of
Supervisors of Elections consisting of [a] TWO members from each Ward who
shall be appointed by the Commission or or before the first Monday in March in
every year. The terms of members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections shall
begin on the first Monday in March in the year in which they are appointed and
shall run for one year. Members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections shall be
qualified voters of the City, shall be at least twenty-five years of age and shall not
hold or be candidates for any elective office during the term of their office. The
Board shall appoint one of its members as Chairman. Vacancies on the Board shall
be filled by the Commission for the remainder of the unexpired term. The
compensation of the members of the Board shall be determined by the
Commission.

SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of the adoption of
this Resolution shall be the 3rd day of November, 1972 and the amendment to the
Charter shall become effective on the 23rd day of December, 1972, unless a proper
petition for a referendum hereon shall be filed as permitted by law, provided a
complete and exact copy of this Resolution shall be continuously posted on the
bulletin board in the District Heights Municipal Center until the 14th day of
December, 1972 and provided further that a copy of the Title and a summary of
this Resolution or a complete copy of this Resolution be published in the
Enquirer-Gazette or other newspaper of general circulation throughtout Prince
George's County, Maryland once in each of the four weeks beginning November 5,
1972, November 12, 1972, November 19, 1972 and November 26, 1972.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is hereby
specifically enjoined to carry out the provisions of Section 3 hereof, and as
evidence of such compliance, the Mayor shall cause to be affixed to the minutes of
this meeting an appropriate certificate of publication of the newspaper in which the
Title and summary of this Resolution or a complete copy of this Resolution shall
be published and shall declare the amendment hereby enacted to be effective by
affixing his signature hereto in the space provided for that purpose.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as soon as the
amendment to the Charter hereby enacted shall become effective, either as herein
provided or following a referendum, the Mayor shall send separately and by
registered mail to the Secretary of State and to the Department of Legislative
Reference of Maryland, (1) a certified copy of the text of this Resolution as hereby
enacted, (2) the date of the referendum, if any, (3) the number of votes cast for or
against the Charter Amendment either in the legislative body or in a referendum,
and (4) the effective date if the Charter is amended.

RESOLVED this 3rd day of November, 1972, at a regular meeting of the
Mayor and Commission of the City of District Heights, Prince George's County,
Maryland.

/s/ E. Michael Roll
E. MICHAEL ROLL, Mayor