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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

MEMBER, CITY OFFICER, OR EMPLOYEE MHO WILLFULLY CONCEALS
SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST, OF WILLFULLY FAILS
TO REPORT SUCH FINANCIAL INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED
BY ORDINANCE, OR WILLFULLY VIOLATES THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS SECTION, SHALL BE GUILTY OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE OR
POSITION AND SHALL FORFEIT HIS OFFICE OR POSITION.
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED, OF THE PERSON OR CORPORATION CONTRACTING WITH
OR MAKING A SALE TO THE CITY SHALL RENDER THE CONTRACT OR
SALE VOIDABLE BY THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY COUNCIL.

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of
the adoption of the Resolution is August 13, 1973 and
that the amendment to the Charter of the City of
Greenbelt, hereby proposed by its enactment, shall be and
become effective on October 2, 1973 unless a proper
petition for a referendum hereon shall be filed as
permitted by law. A complete and exact copy of the
Resolution shall be posted in the city office until
September 22, 1973, and a copy of the title of this
Resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Greenbelt not less than four
(4) times at weekly intervals before September 22, 1973.

SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as soon as
the Charter amendment hereby enacted shall become
effective, either as herein provided or following a
referendum, the City Manager shall send separately, by
registered mail, to the Secretary of the State of
Maryland and to the Department of Legislative Reference
the following information concerning the Charter
amendment: (1) the complete text of this Resolution; (2)
the date of the referendum election, if any, held with
respect thereto; (3) the number of votes cast for and
against the question contained in the Charter amendment,
whether by the Council of the City of Greenbelt or in a
referendum; and (4) the effective date of the Charter
amendment;

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City
Manager of the City of Greenbelt be, and he is
specifically enjoined and instructed to carry out the
provisions of Sections 2 and 3 as evidence of compliance
herewith; the said City Manager shall cause to be affixed
to the minutes of this meeting (1) an appropriate
certificate of publication of the newspaper in which the
title of this Resolution shall have been published, and
(2) return receipts of the mailing referred to in Section
3; and shall further complete and execute the Certificate
of Effect attached hereto.