MANCHESTER                                      2309

RESOLUTION of the Mayor and Council of Manchester, Maryland, adopted
pursuant to the authority of Article 11-E of the Constitution of the State of
Maryland, and Section 13 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
entitled "Corporations-Municipal", as that 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 TOWN OF
MANCHESTER, BY REPEALING SECTION 37 AND ENACTING NEW
SECTION 37 IN LIEU THEREOF TO STAND IN PLACE OF THE
SECTION REPEALED, TO ALTER THE TIME OF ELECTION OF THE
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN."

SECTION 1: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
MANCHESTER, THAT SECTION 37 OF THE TOWN CHARTER OF
MANCHESTER, IS HEREBY REPEALED AND NEW SECTION 37, READING
AS FOLLOWS:

WITHIN 48 HOURS AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS, THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS SHALL DETERMINE THE
VOTE CAST FOR EACH CANDIDATE OR QUESTION AND SHALL
CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION TO THE
CLERK-TREASURER OF THE TOWN, WHO SHALL RECORD THE
RESULTS IN THE MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL. IN THE YEAR 1973.
THE THREE CANDIDATES FOR COUNCILMEN WITH THE HIGHEST
NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED AS
COUNCILMEN. IN 1975 THE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR WITH THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE GENERAL ELECTION SHALL
BE DECLARED ELECTED AS MAYOR, AND THE TWO COUNCILMEN
WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED AS COUNCILMEN.
THEREAFTER, IN THE ODD NUMBER YEARS WHERE ONLY
COUNCILMEN ARE TO BE ELECTED, THE THREE CANDIDATES FOR
COUNCILMEN WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL BE
DECLARED ELECTED AS COUNCILMEN, AND IN ODD NUMBER
YEARS WHERE THE MAYOR AND TWO COUNCILMEN SHALL BE
ELECTED THE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR WITH THE HIGHEST
NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED AS MAYOR
AND THE TWO CANDIDATES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
VOTES SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED AS COUNCILMEN.

SECTION 2: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the repeal of
Section 37 and the enactment of new Section 37, which stands in the place of the
Section repealed, is enacted and the date of the passage of this Resolution is
October 10, 1972, and the amendment to the Charter of the Town of Manchester,
hereby enacted, shall become effective on November 29, 1972, unless a proper
Petition for a Referendum thereon shall be filed as provided by Section 13 of
Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and provided a complete and
exact copy of this Resolution shall be continuously posted at the Town Office, 8
York Street, Manchester, Maryland, until November 19, 1972 and provided
further that a fair summary of the proposed amendment shall be published in the
Hanover Evening Sun, a newspaper of General circulation serving the community
of Manchester, once in each of the four weeks commencing on October 20, 1972.

SECTION 3: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Mayor of the
Town of Manchester is hereby specifically directed to carry out the provisions of
Section 2 hereof regarding the giving of notice by posting and publication of this
Resolution approving the same, and, as evidence of that compliance, the Town
Clerk shall cause to be affixed to the Charter Amendment Resolution a certificate
of the publication of the newspaper in which the summary of this Resolution shall
have been published, and the Mayor, if there is no Petition for a Referendum, shall