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residents of the Town who are not registered to vote in State and
County elections on May 1, 1983 would have to register for Town
elections; providing that the Town Clerk shall act as Clerk to
the Board of Supervisors of Elections; setting forth the duties
of the Board of Supervisors of Elections; providing for the time
and manner of registration; providing that candidates for
election must file therefor on or before five (5) calendar weeks
before election day; and setting forth the procedure for voting
by absentee ballot.

[Section(s) PC22, PC23, PC25, PC26, and PC28 repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, and Section PC32.1 added, all of the
Charter of the Town of Pittsville, Wicomico County.

Effective Date May 10, 1983]

RESOLUTION NO. 2-83

A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT

ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION to repeal Section PC44 of the Charter of the
Town of Pittsville, and to re-enact in place thereof a new
Section PC44, said new section providing that all real property
and all personal property which may have a situs within the
corporate limits of the town by reason of the residence of the
owner therein is subject to taxation for municipal purposes;
providing, for the purpose of encouraging industrial and
warehousing expansion in the Town of Pittsville, that all
manufacturing machinery shall be totally exempt and that all
tangible personal property, the sole purpose of which is to be
incorporated into and become a part of a manufactured product,
shall be totally exempt from taxation by the Town; providing, for
the purpose of encouraging commercial development with the town
limits or annexation of adjacent properties or sites into the
Town, that twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed valuation of
all tangible personal property held within the limits of
Pittsville not totally exempt as otherwise provided shall be
exempt from taxation from and after the fiscal year beginning on
July 1, 1983; and providing, for the purpose of encouraging
industrial expansion in the Town or annexation of adjacent
industrial plants and/or sites into the Town, that buildings
owned and operated by any manufacturing company or association
newly established within or newly annexed within the town limits
may be exempted from taxation for corporate purposes for a period
of up to five (5) years, and further providing that newly
enlarged, remodeled or rehabilitated buildings may be exempted to
the extent that the assessment exceeds the assessable basis of
any building or structure on which an exemption has expired.

[Section PC44 of the Charter of the Town of Pittsville,