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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

(SEE R.R.A. 7/458), AND THE SOUTHWEST BOUNDARY LINE
REFERS TO GRID NORTH AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF A SURVEY
ENTITLED, "PART OF HOWELL POINT", PREPARED BY SHEPHERD
AND ASSOCIATES, INC., DATED APRIL 9, 1973.

RIGBIE PROPERTY A PUBLIC WAY. THE RIGHT OF WAY OVER
THE LANDS KNOWN AS THE HOTEL RIGBIE PROPERTY, AND WHICH
SAID RIGHT OF WAY, WAS ON THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 1927,
CONVEYED BY THE BETTERTON BAYSIDE LAND COMPANY OF KENT
COUNTY, ET AL, TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF BETTERTON, IS
HEREBY DECLARED TO BE A PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE, HIGHWAY OR
STREET OF THE TOWN OF BETTERTON, THE SAME TO BE USED AND
ENJOYED FOR CONVENIENCE OF PEDESTRIANS, AND IT IS FURTHER
DECLARED THAT THE SAID COMMISSIONERS OF BETTERTON SHALL
ASSUME THE EXCLUSIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE UPKEEP, CARE,
AND REPAIR OF SAID THOROUGHFARE, HIGHWAY, OR STREET,
WHICH IS PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:
THE WIDTH OF SAID THOROUGHFARE, HIGHWAY OR STREET IS TEN
FEET THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE LENGTH.

BEGINNING AT A POINT SOUTH 1 DEG. 33 MIN. WEST 178.3
FEET FROM A GRANITE STONE 7" X 7" X 30" SET AT THE NORTH
END OF THE EAST SIDE LINE OF MAIN STREET, BETTERTON, AND
RUNNING THENCE NORTH 73 DEG. 06 MIN. EAST 53.08 FEET; (2)
NORTH 79 DEG. 47 MIN. EAST 19.55 FEET; (3) SOUTH 89 DEG.
33 MIN. EAST 90.31 FEET; (4) SOUTH 80 DEG. 33 MIN. EAST
56.52 FEET; (5) SOUTH 0 DEG. 15 MIN. WEST 22.94 FEET,
(6) SOUTH 58 DEG. 35 MIN. EAST 16.62 FEET; (7) SOUTH 81
DEG. 49 MIN. EAST 22.36 FEET TO THE WEST SIDE OF BAY VIEW
ROAD.

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 3 of
the Charter be and is hereby amended to read:

[[(Number, Selection, Term.) All legislative
powers of the Town shall be vested in a Commission
consisting of three Commissioners who shall be elected as
hereinafter provided and who shall hold office for a term
of three years or until the succeeding Commissioner takes
office. The regular term of Commissioner shall expire on
the first Saturday in June following the election and
qualification of a successor. Commissioners holding
office at the time this Charter becomes effective shall
continue to hold office for the term for which they were
elected and until the succeeding Commissioners take
office under the provisions of this Charter.]]

"(NUMBER OF COUNCILMEN; SELECTION; TERM;
QUALIFICATIONS.) ALL LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF THE TOWN
SHALL BE VESTED IN A COUNCIL CONSISTING OF A MAYOR AND
FOUR COUNCILMEN WHO SHALL BE ELECTED AS HEREINAFTER
PROVIDED AND WHO SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR A TERM OF FOUR
YEARS OR UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS HAVE BEEN ELECTED AND