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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

[December] JUNE in each year. Such fiscal year shall
constitute the tax year, the budget year and the
accounting year."

SECTION 9. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that section 49
of the Charter be and is hereby amended to read:

"The taxes provided for in Section 53(1) of this
Charter shall be due and payable on the first day of July
in the year for which they are levied and shall be
overdue and in arrears on the first day of the following
April. They shall bear interest while in arrears at the
rate of [one-half] TWO THIRDS of one per centum for each
month or fraction of a month until paid. All taxes not
paid and in arrears after the first day of the following
January shall be collected as provided in Section 50
(2) ."

SECTION 10. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that section 56
of the Charter be and is hereby amended to read:

"All purchases and contracts for the Town government
shall be made by the Clerk—Treasurer. The Council may
provide by ordinance for rules and regulations regarding
the use of competitive bidding and contracts for all Town
purchases and contracts. All expenditures for supplies,
materials, equipment, construction of public
improvements, or contractual service involving more than
[one] THREE thousand dollars ($3,000.00) shall be made on
written contract. The Clerk—Treasurer shall be required
to advertise for sealed bids, in such manner as may be
prescribed by ordinance, for all such written contracts.
Such written contracts shall be awarded to the bidder who
offers the lowest or best bid, quality of goods and work,
time of delivery or completion and responsibility of
bidders being considered. All such written contracts
shall be approved by the Council before becoming
effective. The Clerk-Treasurer shall have the right to
reject all bids and readvertise. The Town at any time in
its discretion may employ its own forces for the
construction or reconstruction of public improvements
without advertising for (or readvertising for) or
receiving bids. All written contracts may be protected
by such bonds, penalties, and conditions as the Town may
require.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the
date of the passage of this Resolution is July 1, 1974,
and the addition to the Charter of the Town of Millington
hereby enacted, shall become effective on August 20,
1974, unless a proper Petition for a Referendum hereon
shall be filed as provided by Section 13 of Article 23A
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and provided a
complete and exact copy of this Resolution shall be