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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS
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said officials becoming unqualified for appointment and
to be a candidate and to vote, by adding a new paragraph
(5) to Sub-Section A of Section 175 (Code Section C-403)
"Qualification of Voters".
WHEREAS, On January 5, 1976 the Mayor and City
Council of Ocean City, Maryland passed and adopted a
Charter Amendment entitled in part "Resolution (Charter)
No. 1976—3" which by its terms made residency a mandatory
requirement for voter qualification in municipal
elections, and contained a provision that no elected or
appointed official shall be required to vacate his office
during his then current term and
WHEREAS, A case has been filed in the circuit court
for Worcester County, Maryland by Ocean City Taxpayers
for Equal Rights, Inc., Alice Vlach, Carlton H. Miller,
Betty C. Miller, Robert H. Morris, Louise A. Roche,
George F. Ledger, Buford B. Vogel, Jo Ann Vogel, Robert
E. Warfield and David M. Sherline against the Mayor and
City Council of Ocean City, Maryland, and others in which
case among other issues, the Complainants allege that the
said "Resolution (Charter) No. 1976—3" was void because
the subject of the said Charter Amendment was not
sufficiently described in its title and because it
contained more than one subject; and
WHEREAS, The Mayor and City Council of Ocean City,
Maryland while not agreeing as to the existence of any
such deficiencies, is desirous of further clarifying and
confirming that those appointed and elected city
officials now in office shall not because of the passage
of Charter Amendment 1976—49 be required to vacate their
office during their current terms.
[Section 403(a)(5) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Worcester County, added.
Effective Bate September 15, 1976]
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RESOLUTION (CHARTER) NO. 1976-51
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN
CITY, MARYLAND to amend the Town Charter of Ocean City,
Maryland to provide a phase out period for existing
non-resident registered voters who would otherwise become
unqualified to vote in municipal elections solely because
of the imposition of mandatory residency requirements
enacted in "Resolution (Charter) No. 1976 — 49, by adding
a new paragraph (6) to Sub-Section A of Section 175 (Code
Section C—403) "Qualification of Voters".
WHEREAS on January 5, 1976 the Mayor and City
Council of Ocean City, Maryland passed and adopted a
Charter Amendment entitled in part "Resolution (Charter)
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