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TAKOMA PARK

portions of Section 73—3 of the Montgomery
County Code (1972 Ed.) and Section 74-5 of the
Prince George's County Code (1963 Ed., as
amended), entitled "Elections — Generally," be
amended as follows:

Section 73—3 (a) Montgomery County Code; Sec. 74—5(a),
Prince George's County Code; Section 1.3(a) City Charter:

1.3(a) Voters; Election of Mayor and City Council

Every resident of said city whose name shall be
certified to the mayor and council under the provisions
of the next succeeding section of this Charter shall be
entitled to vote in municipal election in said city, and
no person shall vote in any such municipal election whose
name shall not be so certified; provided, however, that
this section and the next succeeding section shall not
apply to special elections held under the provisions of
this Charter. The residents of said city whose names
shall be so certified are hereby designated as the
"Voters" of the city, and by that designation are
hereinafter referred to in this section and they shall on
the fourth Tuesday of March, 1966, AND EACH SECOND YEAR
THEREAFTER, elect as councilmen seven persons [not less
than twenty—five years of age] and as mayor one person
fat least thirty years of age] each of whom shall [have
resided in said city at least one year previous to his
election] RESIDE IN THE CITY and be a voter of the city
[and a property owner therein] and in the case of the
said councilmen, be residents of the areas from which
they are so elected. The mayor and the councilmen so
elected shall serve for two years, beginning with the
second Monday in April ensuing after their election, or
until their successors are duly qualified.

Section 73—3(1) Montgomery County Code; Section 74—5(1)
Prince George's County Code; Section 1.3(1) City Charter:

1.3(1) Nominations - Citizens Meeting

Nominations for mayor and councilmen shall be made
at a meeting of citizens called by the city cleric at the
direction of the council. Such meeting shall be held at
a convenient place within the city to be designated by
the council and notice thereof shall be given through a
newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the
city or by handbills generally distributed and posted
throughout the city and the said meeting shall be held on
the Tuesday evening [two weeks] FOUR WEEKS prior to the
election. The city clerk shall preside at said meeting;
a voter of the city shall be chosen as secretary of the
meeting by the voters of the city present; the said
secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of said