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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CHOOSE TO FILE AS A
CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THEY
SHALL VACATE THEIR OFFICE AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER AT
THE TIME THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE FIRST COUNCIL
TAKE OFFICE. IN SUCH AN EVENT, AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER
SHALL BE ELECTED TO THE FIRST COUNCIL FOR EACH OFFICE
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER SO VACATED.

SECTION 1203. ELECTION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF
THE FIRST COUNCIL AND THE FIRST COUNTY EXECUTIVE. IN
ORDER THAT THIS CHARTER MAY BECOME OPERATIVE PROMPTLY
AFTER IT BECOMES LAW, A SPECIAL ELECTION TO ELECT SIX
OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST COUNCIL AND THE FIRST
COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 26,
1971. AT THE SAID ELECTION, THE BALLOT SHALL CONTAIN
THE NAMES OF THE NOMINEES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER FOR
EACH RESPECTIVE OFFICE, WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OF THE
SOURCE OF THEIR NOMINATION OP THEIR AFFILIATION. ALL
AT-LARGE COUNCILMANIC SEATS TO BE FILLED AT THE SAID
ELECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A SINGLE CONTEST.

SECTION 1204. NOMINATION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
OF THE FIRST COUNCIL AND THE FIRST COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE FIRST
COUNCIL AND FOR THE FIRST COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL BE
MADE BY PETITION SIGNED BY ONE THOUSAND QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF THE COUNTY. SAID PETITION, WHETHER FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATE OR A SLATE OF CANDIDATES, SHALL
CONFORM, AS APPROPRIATE, TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
PETITION SIGNATURES CONTAINED IN SECTION 319 OF THIS
CHARTER. NOMINATING PETITIONS OF CANDIDATES SHALL BE
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
ELECTIONS NOT LATER THAN NINE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING
ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1970, EXCEPT THAT NOMINATING
PETITIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR ANY COUNCILMANIC SEAT
WHICH SHALL BE FILLED BY VIRTUE OF THE FILING OF A
PETITION FOR THE POSITION OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE BY AN
INCUMBENT COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND THE CONSEQUENT
CREATION OF A COUNCILMANIC VACANCY, SHALL BE FILED IN
THE OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS
NOT LATER THAN NINE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING ON MONDAY,
DECEMBER 21, 1970.

SECTION 1205. TEEMS OF OFFICE OF THE FIRST
COUNCIL AND OF THE FIRST COUNTY EXECUTIVE. THE TERMS
OF OFFICE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST COUNCIL AND OF
THE FIRST COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL COMMENCE AT NOON ON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1971, AND SHALL EXPIRE AT NOON ON
THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER, 1974.