Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-05-22

Special Taxing Areas of (1)
Friendship Heights, (2) Chevy
Chase, Sec. 2, (3) Chevy Chase
Sec. 3, (4) Chevy Chase, Sec. A
(5) Chevy Chase, Sec. 5, (6) Mar
tins Addition, (D Drummond
49, Oakmont, (9) North Chevy
Chase, (1O) Chevy Chase View
and any other Incorporated towns
villages and similar special taxing
areas which may be created by the
General Assembly of Maryland.
b. Enact laws necessary to pro-
vide for the nomination and cleo
ton of members of the County
Council in such manner as may be
legally permitted under the law OF
Maryland.
c. Adopt rules of Legislative
procedure.
Sec. 5. Legislative Procedure.
a. The sessions Of the County
Council in Legislative Session shall
be open to the public.
b. The style of the enacting
clause for all laws of the County
Council shall be BE it enacted Dy
the County Council for Montgom-
cry County, Maryland"
C. On the introduction of any
bill, a copy shall be placed on an
official bulletin board to be set up
by the County Council, and addi-
tional copies shall be made avail
able to the public and to the press,
and each copy of each bill shall
bear the date it was introduced for
the consideration of the County
Council; and no bill shall be passed
before the tenth calendar day af-
ter such date except by the consent
of at least five members.
d. No local law providing for a
new form of Countrywide or local
taxation or for a new department
of County Government shall be
passed by the County Council in
Legislative Session before the fif-
tenth calendar day after the in.
PRODUCTION of such a bill.
e. Subject to the provisions of
Subsections C. and d. above, no bill
shall be passed except by a major
ity of the whole number of men,
bers of the County Council, and on
passage the vote shall be on roll
call by yeas and nays to be record
ed in the Journal.
Sec. 6. Referenda on Franchises,
bond issues and other local laws.
a. The People of Montgomery
County reserve to themselves the
power by petition to have submit
ted to the registered voters of the
County for approval or rejection
by them by a majority vote at a
special election or at the next regu-
lar or special election in Montgom-
cry County for any state or federal
officer, any public local law here
after enacted as follows:
(D Granting any right or titEa
in any County real or leasehold
property, or granting any fran,
chise or special privilege, other
than a license revocable at pleas.
ure.
(2) Authorizing any issue OF
bonds, certificates of indebtedness
notes, or other obligations of the
County, or renewal thereof, Pro
vided, That no referendum shall be
permissible with respect to any
public local law authorizing the
issuance of bonds, certificates of
Indebtedness, notes, or other obli-
cations, for term of less than
twelve months, or for refunding
County obligations originally is
sued prior to the adoption of this
Charter, or for public school sites
or construction or remoGeling of
public school buildings, whenever
the total amount of such obliga.
tions authorized to be issued in
any one year does not exceed one
fourth of one per centum of the
assessable basis of the County.
90 Any other public local law
or any part of any other public
local law not included under Sub
sections ~ and (2) above.
b. Any referendum petition here
unCer shall be filed with the Board
of Election Supervisors prior to
August 18th following the enact
ment of the law and shall bear the
signatures of at least ten per CEN
tum of the registered voters of tbs
County. No law shall become effec.
tive prior to August 18th.
c. Subsections a. and b. are self.
executing but the County Council
may enact such public local laws
not in conflict with these Subsec.
tions, as may be appropriate to
carry out the provisions thereof
including specification of the form
Of petitions.
Sec. Z. Limitation ON Bond Is,
sues.
a. No bonds, certificates of in
debtedness, notes or other oblifia
tons other than notes for a tern
not in excess of twelve month!
shall be issued by the County OF
its faith and credit and for its cor
porate uses in an amount exceed
ing in the aggregate, with any out
standing bonds, certificates Of in
debtedness, notes, or other obl!ga
tons heretofore issued by tn,
County, seven per centum or sucl
other per centum as may be pro
vided by public general law. upoi
the assessabte basis of the Count,
at time of issuance nor shall an,
County obligations for term ii
excess of twelve months be issue,
for current operating expenses. AL
issues of bonds, certificates of in
debtedness, notes or other obliga
tons of the County for term il
excess Of twelve months shall b
issued on a serial maturity plal
providing for the maturity of tn