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remaining members OR MEMBER of the Council, The results
of any such vote shall be recorded in the minutes of the
Council.

37.  WOMEN.

Somen shall have equal privileges with men in
registering, voting, and holding Town offices. Whenever
the masculine gender has been used as to any registering,
voting, or holding Town office, it shall be construed to
include the feminine gender.

38.  REGULATION AND CONTROL.

The Council shall have the power to provide by
ordinance in every respect not covered by the provisions
of this Charter for the conduct of registration,
nomination, and Town elections and for the prevention of
fraud in connection therewith, and for a recount of
ballots in case of doubt or fraud, AND FOR ABSENTEE
REGISTRATION AND BALLOTING.

39.  PENALTIES.

Any person who (a) fails to perform any duty
required of him under the provisions of this sub-title or
any ordinances passed thereunder, (b) in any manner
wilfully or corruptly violates any of the provisions of
this sub—title or any ordinances passed thereunder, or
(c) wilfully or corruptly does anything which will or
will tend to affect fraudulently any registration,
nomination, or Town election, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor. Any officer or employee of the Town
government who is convicted of a misdemeanor under the
provisions of this section shall immediately upon
conviction thereof cease to hold such office or
employment.

SECTION II

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the date of the
Adoption of this Charter Amendment Resolution is 25 April
1974, and that the amendment to the Charter of the Town
of La Plata hereby proposed by this enactment shall be
and become effective on 14 June 1974 (upon 50th day after
passage), unless a proper petition for a referendum
hereon shall be filed as permitted by law. A complete
and exact copy of this Charter Amendment Resolution shall
be posted in the Town Hall until 4 June 1974 (for 40 day
period after adoption), and a fair summary of the
proposed amendment shall be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the Town of La Plata not less than
four times, at weekly intervals within a period of at
least 40 days after the adoption of the resolution