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"INDIVIDUAL,"
"ASSOCIATION"

UNREASONABLE.

COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

"CORPORATION," "PARTNERSHIP," AND
UNLESS SUCH A CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE

(J) THE WORD "OFFICER" SHALL INCLUDE
"COUNCILMAN."

THE WORD

CONSTRUED
THE COUNTY
IN SECTION
MARYLAND.

THE WORDS "COUNTY EXECUTIVE" SHALL BE
AS MEANING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
AND THE ELECTED EXECUTIVE OFFICES MENTIONED
3, ARTICLE XI-A OF THE CONSTITUTION OF

(L) WHENEVER IN THIS CHARTER THE MASCULINE
GENDER IS USED, SUCH WORDS SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
INCLUDE THE FEMININE GENDER, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH
CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE ABSURD OR UNREASONABLE.

(M) THE WORD "AGENCY" WHEN USED TO DESIGNATE A
SUBORDINATE ELEMENT OF GOVERNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED
AS INCLUDING ALL OFFICES, DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND CORPORATIONS OF THE COUNTY
GOVERNMENT AND, WHEN SO SPECIFIED, ALL OFFICES,
DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND
CORPORATIONS WHICH RECEIVE OR DISBURSE COUNTY FUNDS.

(N) THE WORDS "ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS" AS USED
IN SECTION 313 OF THIS CHARTER SHALL MEAN THE HEAD OF
ANY AGENCY WHICH RECEIVES OR DISBURSES COUNTY FUNDS.

(C) REFERENCE TO A SPAN OF TIME WHEN COMPUTED
IN DAYS IS NOT INTENDED TO INCLUDE THE DAY THE EVENT
OCCURS OP SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, OR HOLIDAYS OF THE STATE
OR NATION. IN THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THE SEAN OF TIME
IS INTENDED TO INCLUDE SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, AND
HOLIDAYS OF THE STATE OR NATION, THE WORDS "CALENDAR
DAYS" ARE USED. REFERENCE TO A SPAN OF TIME IS NOT
INTENDED TO INCLUDE THE DAY THE EVENT OCCURS, BUT
SHALL INCLUDE THE LAST DAY OF A PERIOD SO COMPUTED,
UNLESS IT IS A SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OR LEGAL HOLIDAY, IN
WHICH EVENT THE PERIOD RUNS UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY
WHICH IS NEITHER A SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OR LEGAL HOLIDAY.

ARTICLE XI

EFFECT AND AMENDMENT OF CHARTER