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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

WRITTEN BEQUEST of [the] A County CouncilMAN, (2) by
written request of the County Executive, or (3) with
the approval of the County Executive, by written
request of the head of any office or department in the
executive branch or any board, commission or agency.
All deeds, bonds, contracts, releases, agreements,
advertisements, bids and other legal papers, documents
and instructions involving the interests of the County
to be executed and approved by any officer of the
County shall be submitted to the County Solicitor and
shall be approved by him in writing as to their form
and legal sufficiency in compliance with the laws and
conditions under which executed. The County Solicitor
shall have the right of access at all times to the
official records of any office, department, board,
commission or agency of the County. The County
Solicitor shall have such additional legal duties as
may from time to time be provided by ordinance not
inconsistent herewith.

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 previsions 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
of the votes cast in the election shall be against the
proposed amendment, then the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be null and void and of no effect.

APPROVED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 7, 1972