Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-05
Notice of Adoption
OF a Resolution

the Charter of the City of Rock.
vile by deleting Section 47-19 to
1926, inclusive, Section 1890, Sec
ton 1892, Section 1850, and Sec
ton 1888, and by enacting new
Sections 1917 to 1926, inclusive
all of such Sections being of the
Montgomery County Code (1955
Edition., said new Sections 49-17
and 49-1S to be designated as sub
heading "The Mayor and Coun.
GIL" and said new Sections 1918
to 1926, inclusive, to be designat.
ed as the subheading "Registra.
ton, Nomination and Elections"
Said enactment generally amends
and reviSes said Charter with re.
spect to the number, selection,
term, qualifications, payment,
meetings, and procedures of the
Mayor and Council and as to the
qualifications of voters, their
registration, the establishment
of a Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tons, the method for nomination
for elective office, and the con-
duct of elections. A fair summary
of the proposed amendment is as
follows:
1.-THE legislative powers of the
City of Rockville are vested in a
Council consisting of a Mayor
and four Councilmen who shall
be elected on the last Monday in
April of every even numbered
year and who shall hold office
for a term of two years or until
the succeeding Council takes Of
flee. The Mayor and Councilmen
shall be registered voters and
shall have resided in the City for
at least three years Immediately
proceeding their election, on
which date the person elected
Mayor shall be at least thirty
800 years of age and the four
persons elected Councilmen shall
be at least twenty-five (25) years
of age. The Mayor and each of
the four Councilmen shall re-
ceive annual Stipends of $4,000
and $4,000 respectively.
The Council shall meet not less
than once in every month; all
meetings must be given reason
able public notice; the Council
shall be the judge of the election
and qualification of its members;
the Mayor shall preside at all
meetings of the Council and a
majority of the members of the
Council shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business;
the Council shall determine its
own order of business and shall
keep a journal of its proceedings,
but no final action may be taken
on any question, resolution or
ordinance except at open session;
no ordinance, general in nature
and permanent in effect, shall be
passed at the meeting in which it
Is introduced, but shall lay over
for at least one week and it's title
shall have been included in the
published agenda for the meeting
for which final action takes place.
Every citizen of Rockville who
has resided within the corporate
limits of the City for six months
preceding any City general cleo
ton or who has resided for a like
period of six months within an
area annexed to the City within a
period of six months preceding
any City general election and
who is qualified to register as a
voter at the next succeeding State
or Congressional election or who
may reach the age of twenty-one
CID years between the second
Tuesday of November and the
last Monday of April preceding
any City general election and
who is registered in accordance
with the provisions of this Char
ter shall be a qualified voter of
the City.
There shall be a Board of SUI
pervisors of Elections consisting
of three members who shall be
appointed by the Council on or
before the first Monday in March
of every odd numbered year and
their terms shall run for two
years. Members of the Board
shall be qualified voters of the
City and shall not hold or be can
didates for any elective office of
the City during their term of Of
flee. The Board shall appoint one
Of its members as Chairman. Va
cancies on the Board shall be
filled by the Mayor with the APP
proval of the Council for the re.
mainder of the unexpired term.
The compensation of the mem
bers of the Board shall be as de-
termined by the Council. Any
member of the Board may be re-
moved for cause by the Council,
subject however, to a public
hearing If requested. The Board
shall be in charge of the registra-
ton of voters, nominations, and
all City elections. The Board may
appoint election clerks or other
employees up to a total number
as established by the Council. The