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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

71. Elections; date, OVERLAPPING TERMS.

a. On the second Tuesday in May in every [second]
odd numbered year, the qualified voters of the town shall
elect [one person as mayor and five persons as councilmen
to serve for terms of four years] TOWN OFFICIALS AS
HEREIN PROVIDED.

B.   (TRANSITION ELECTION.) IN THE ELECTION OF 1975,
A MAYOR SHALL BE ELECTED TO SERVE FOR A TERM OF FOUR
YEARS AND FIVE COUNCILMEN SHALL BE ELECTED, TWO OF WHOM
HAVING SO FILED AND BEEN SO NOMINATED SHALL SERVE FOR
TERMS OF FOUR YEARS, AND THREE OF WHOM HAVING SO FILED
AND BEEN SO NOMINATED SHALL SERVE FOR TERMS OF TWO YEARS.

C.  BEGINNING WITH THE ELECTION OF 1977 AND EVERY
FOUR YEARS HENCE, THREE COUNCILMEN SHALL BE ELECTED TO
SERVE FOR TERMS OF FOUR YEARS.

D.  BEGINNING WITH THE ELECTION OF 1979 AND EVERY
FOUR YEARS HENCE, A MAYOR AND TWO COUNCILMEN SHALL BE
ELECTED TO SERVE FOR TERMS OF FOUR YEARS.

Section 3. And be it further resolved that the
amendments proposed in this resolution shall become and
be considered a part of the Charter of The Town of
Hampstead according to the terms of the amendments, in
all respects to be effective and observed as such on the
fiftieth day after passage unless on or before the
fortieth day after passage, there shall be presented to
the Mayor and Council a proper petition for referendum as
permitted by law.

Section 4. And be it further resolved that the
Clerk—Treasurer of The Town of Hampstead be, and he is
hereby specifically directed to post a complete and exact
copy of this resolution at the town office for a period
of forty days following its adoption by the Mayor and
Council and to cause a fair summary of the proposed
amendments to be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the town not less than four times, at
weekly intervals, within a period of at least forty days
after adoption of this resolution.

Section 5. And be it further resolved that as soon
as the charter amendments hereby proposed shall become
effective either as herein provided or following a
referendum, the Mayor shall send separately by registered
mail to the Secretary of State of the State of Maryland
and to the Department of Legislative Reference, the
following information concerning the charter amendments.