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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

SECTION 301. COMPOSITION. THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT SHALL CONSIST OF THE
COUNTY COUNCIL, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE
COUNCIL, AND THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF. THE
COUNCIL SHALL BE COMPOSED OF ELEVEN MEMBERS.

SECTION 302. LEGISLATIVE POWER. ALL LEGISLATIVE
POWERS WHICH MAY BE EXERCISED BY PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF MARYLAND,
INCLUDING AIL LAW MAKING POWERS HERETOFORE EXERCISED
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND BUT TRANSFERRED TO
THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY BY VIRTUE OF THE ADOPTION OF
THIS CHARTER, SHALL BE VESTED IN THE COUNCIL.

SECTION 303. ELECTION. ALL MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL SHALL BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED BY THE
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY AT THE SAME TIME
AS STATE OFFICERS AND IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AT THE TIME OF THEIR
ELECTION, SHALL EACH RESIDE IN A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE
FIVE COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS OF THE COUNTY; PROVIDED
THAT WHEN PERMITTED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE,
THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL REQUIRED TO RESIDE IN
COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS SHALL BE NOMINATED AND ELECTED
BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT
IN WHICH HE RESIDES.

SECTION 304. COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS. PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY IS HEREBY DIVIDED INTO FIVE
COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING
ELECTION DISTRICTS OR PORTIONS THEREOF IN EFFECT ON
SEPTEMBER 1, 1969:

COUNCILMANIC ELECTION DISTRICTS OR PORTIONS
DISTRICT THEREOF IN EFFECT ON

SEPTEMBER 1, 1969

ONE THE FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT

(VANSVILLE)
THE TENTH ELECTION DISTRICT

(LAUREL)
THE TWENTY-FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT

(BERWYN)
THE FIRST, SECOND, AND SEVENTH

PRECINCTS OF THE FOURTEENTH

ELECTION DISTRICT (BOWIE)
THE ELEVENTH AND FOURTEENTH PRECINCTS

OF THE SEVENTEENTH ELECTION

DISTRICT (CHILLUM)