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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

before such office is vacated, and to submit said
amendment to the qualified voters of Anne Arundel
County, Maryland, for their adoption or
rejection.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Section 404,
Article IV, "The County Executive," of the Charter of
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, be and it is hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

404. CONVICTION OR FAILURE TO PERFORM DUTIES

If a County Executive shall be convicted of a
crime [other than a traffic violation] INVOLVING MORAL
TURPITUDE, OF MISFEASANCE OR MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE, or
fails actively to perform the daily duties and
responsibilities of his office as set forth in Section
405 for a continuous period of six months, his office
may be declared vacant by the affirmative vote of not
less than five members of the County Council by
ordinance and such vacancy shall thereupon be filled
in the manner above provided in Section 402 of this
Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if
any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid
for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the
other provisions or any other application, and to this
end, all the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
declared to be severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That at
the next general election to be held in this State on
November 7, 1972, the foregoing section hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Charter of Anne
Arundel County, shall be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of Anne Arundel County for their
adoption or rejection pursuant to Section 1202 of the
Charter of Anne Arundel County and at the said general
election, the vote on the said proposed amendment to
the Charter shall be by ballot; and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the words "For the Charter
Amendment" and "Against the Charter Amendment." If a
majority of the votes cast in said election shall be
in favor of the proposed amendment, such amendment
shall stand adopted from and after the thirtieth
(30th) day following said election; but if a majority