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BRENTWOOD

election the qualified voters of the town shall
elect a Mayor and a Treasurer at large and shall
also elect a Councilman from each of the Wards of
the town, by the voters residing in the wards.
Elected officials serving at the time of this
Charter amendment shall serve out the terms for
which they had been elected.

The Mayor and the Treasurer must continually
reside in said Town, and each Councilman in his
respective ward during their term of office, and the
Mayor and Council shall receive compensation for
their services according to the number of regular
meetings they attend, each Councilman to receive not
in excess of [twenty-five dollars] THIRTY-SEVEN
DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS for each regular meeting
attended and the Mayor to receive not in excess of
[forty-five dollars] SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY
CENTS for each regular meeting attended, and in no
case for more than two meetings per month and the
Mayor shall receive the fees hereinafter allowed;
provided, however, that the compensation of the
Mayor and the members of the Council shall be fixed
by the Mayor and the Town Council under this
provision at any regular meeting, based upon
available funds as determined by the Mayor and Town
Council under the prevailing tax rate; and provided,
further, that the Mayor and the members of the
Council, or any of them, may be reimbursed or paid
for any expenses incurred or losses sustained by
them while performing his or their official duties
on behalf of the town. Absences from meetings for
valid reasons may be approved by the Mayor and
Council without loss of compensation. The Mayor and
Town Council, in their discretion, may fix such
compensation for the Treasurer as they may deem just
and necessary.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the
Mayor and Town Council of Brentwood, Maryland, that any
section or sections of the Charter of the Town of
Brentwood, Maryland, which are inconsistent with the
above enacted Section, be and the same are hereby
repealed.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the
Mayor and Town Council of Brentwood, Maryland, that the
aforegoing proposed amendment shall be posted in the Town
Hall for a period of at least forty (40) days following
its adoption, and shall further be published in the
Prince George's Post once in each of four successive
weeks before the 14th day of April, 1973.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED by the