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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

o'clock P.M., at the Firehouse, Denton, Maryland, at
which time the Legislative Body will conduct a public
hearing on said Resolution.

Approved October 4, 1971.

RESOLUTION 205

Resolution of the Commissioners of Denton Adopted
Pursuant to the Authority of Article 11E of the
Constitution of Maryland and Section 13 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition as amended) Title
"Corporations—Municipal", To Amend the Charter of The
Commissioners of Denton By Repealing and Reenacting
Section 53 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(Everstine's Code of Public Local Laws of Caroline
County, 1965 Edition) To Change The Voters
Qualifications; Providing For The Registration of Voters;
Election of Commissioners; Tenure and Vacancies, In Town
Elections In The Town Of Denton.

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF
DENTON That the Charter of said municipal corporation be
and the same is hereby amended by repealing Section 53 of
the Code of Public Laws of Maryland (Everstine's Code of
Public Local Laws of Caroline County) and reenacting said
Section 53 as follows:

Section 53 — Commissioners.

(a) Election; qualifications; tenure; vacancies.
The government of said body corporate shall be vested in
and exercised and enforced by a Board of five
commissioners who shall be elected as hereinafter
provided; Provided however, that the present
Commissioners of Denton shall each be and remain members
of said Board, or be and remain commissioners of Denton
for the duration of their present terms of office for
which they have already been elected, in the same manner
and to the same extent as though this subtitle had not
been passed. The said commissioners shall be persons
eligible to vote at said election, at least twenty—five
years of age,, and payers of taxes in said town on
assessed valuation of at least One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) of property, including property held as
tenants by the entireties. Each commissioner during the
whole term for which he is elected shall be possessed of
all qualifications rendering him eligible to be elected,
and if any commissioner, during the time for which he was
elected, shall fail to retain all the qualifications