ELKTON

4649

RESOLUTION of the Mayor and Commissioners of the
Town of Elkton, adopted pursuant to the authority of
Article 11E of the Constitution of Maryland, and Section
19 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition), 1966 Replacement Volume, Title "Corporations —
Municipal" to add a new section to the Code of Public
Local Laws of Cecil County of 1961, said Code being
Article 8 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
and said new section to be known as Section 179A, and
also known as Section 3A of the new Charter of the Town
of Elkton as adopted on October 30, 1968, and
constituting an amendment to the municipal charter of the
body politic and corporate known as the Town of Elkton,
and to annex and include the following described land in
the boundaries and taxable limits of the Town of Elkton,

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 19(c) of Article
23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition) at
least 25% or more of the registered voters in County
elections who reside in the hereinafter described area,
and the owners of at least 25% of the assessed valuation
in the said area have petitioned the Mayor and
Commissioners of the Town of Elkton, to annex said area
into the corporate boundaries of the Town of Elkton, and

WHEREAS, upon presentation of the petitions to the
Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of Elkton, the
presiding officer thereof caused to be made a
verification of the signatures thereon and ascertained
that the persons signing the petitions represented at
least 25% or more of the registered voters residing in
the area to be annexed and who are, in fact, registered
as voters in County elections in the precinct in which
the territory to be annexed is located, and

WHEREAS, upon presentation of the petitions to the
Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of Elkton, the
presiding officer thereof caused to be made a
verification of the signatures thereon and ascertained
that the persons signing the petitions owned at least 25%
or more of the assessed valuation of the real property
located in the area to be annexed, and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of
Elkton are desirous of annexing the hereinafter described
area into the corporate boundaries and taxable limits of
the Town of Elkton, this Resolution is adopted.

Section 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and
Commissioners of the Town of Elkton, that a new section
to be known as Section 179A of the Code of the Public