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ANNAPOLIS

(b) The said city shall, by ordinance, be
divided into eight (8) wards, of approximately equal
population, provided that an additional ward or
wards of said city nay be established by ordinance,
in the event additional territory is annexed to said
city, as provided in section 4 of this Charter. The
citizens and residents of Annapolis qualified to
vote for Members of the general assembly of
Maryland, and otherwise qualified by the
registration and election laws for such cases made
and provided, shall elect by ballot every four
years, beginning in 1953, on the third Tuesday in
May, a mayor; and the voters qualified as aforesaid,
in each ward shall at the same time elect by ballot
one resident thereof as alderman, and said mayor and
said aldermen so elected shall constitute the
corporation of said city, under the name and style
of the mayor and aldermen of the City of Annapolis.
The mayor shall receive a salary of [$12,000.00]
$18,000.00 per year payable monthly, AND HE SHALL
DEVOTE FULL TIME TO THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, and each
alderman shall receive a salary of [$2,400.00]
$4,000.00 per year payable monthly, for any and all
services performed by them for the municipality or
any agency thereof. The mayor and aldermen shall
not be allowed any fixed amount for expenses. The
terms of office of the mayor and aldermen shall be
four years, or until their successors shall be
elected and qualified, the beginning and ending of
such terms to be as prescribed in section 5 of this
Charter. The mayor must have resided in the City of
Annapolis for at least two years immediately
preceding his election, must be a qualified voter in
said city and may not hold office as mayor for more
than two full consecutive terms to which he shall be
elected in the manner provided by section 5 of this
Charter. Aldermen, except those first elected from
areas annexed to the city, must have resided in the
City of Annapolis for at least two years immediately
preceding their election, shall be qualified voters
in the city and must have been residents of the ward
from which they are elected for at least one year
immediately preceding their election.

SECTION II: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR
AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS that the date of
adoption of this Resolution is March 19, 1973, and the
amendment of the Charter of the City of Annapolis, hereby
enacted shall become effective on May 8, 1973, unless a
proper petition for referendem hereon shall be filed as
permitted by law, provided a complete and exact copy of
this Resolution shall be continuously posted on the
bulletin board in the City Hall until April 28, 1973, and
provided further that a copy of the title of this