Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-10

Notice Of Adoption of
Charter Sections

Oltdl tCA OCNOAVAtS
The Mayor and Town Coun.
Gil of Gaithersburg, Maryland,
pursuant to Article 23A, Section
10, Of the Annotated Code Of
Maryland, on the 18th day of
November, 1859, adopted a Res
olution repeating and re-enart.
ing Section 10 and Section sc
of the Municipal Charter. These
sections are as follows:
Section 10: No ordinance
shall be passed at the meeting
at which it is introduced. At
any regular or special meet
ing of the Council held not less
than six or more than sixty
days after the meeting at
which an ordinance was intro
duced, it shall be passed, or
passed as amended, or rejected,
or its consideration deferred
to some specified future date.
In cases of emergency, the
above requirements may be
suspended by the affirmative
vote of four members of the
Council. Every ordinance, un.
less it be passed by an emer-
gency ordinance, shall become
effective at the expiration of
twenty calendar days follow.
ing approval by the Mayor or
passage by the Council over
his veto. A notice Of the adop.
ton of each ordinance shall be
published, not less than twice,
at weekly intervals, within the
twenty-five days following
adoption by the Council, in d
newspaper or newspapers hav-
ing general circulation in the
municipality. Such notice shall
contain the title, date of adop.
ton, effective date of the ordi.
nance and the location or locd.
tons where complete copies
of the ordinance may be OBJ.
tanned by interested persons.
An emergency ordinance shall
become effective on the date
specified In the ordinance, but
no ordinance shall become eff.
fective until approval by the
Mayor or passed over his veto
by the Council"
Section sc: The town shall
have the power to levy and
collect taxes in the form of
special assessments upon prop
erty in a limited and deter
,fninable area for special bene.
fits conferred upon such prop.
erty by the installation or con.
struction Of water mains, sani-
tary sewer main, storm water
sewers, curbs and cutters, and
by the construction and paw
ing Of public ways, sidewalks
or party thereof, the construc-
ton of or leasing Of public park.
ing lots, or parts thereof, and
10 provide for the payment of
A or any part of the above
I3rpjects out of the proceeds of
such special assessments. The
cost of any project to be paid in
whole or in part by special as.
assessments may include the
direct cost thereof, the cost of
vany land acquired for the prof.
ect, the interest on bonds,
notes, or other evidences of in.
debtedness issued in anticipa.
ton Of the collection of spe.
cial assessments, a reasonable
charge for the services OF the
administrative staff of the
town, and any other item of
cost which may reasonably be
attributed to the project"
The foregoing Sections shall
become and be considered part
of the Charter of the Town OF
Gaithersburg on January 5th,
1860, unless, on or before the
26th day of December, 1859,
there shall be presented to the
Mayor and Town Council of
Gaithersburg, Maryland, or
mailed to it by registered mail,
a petition signed by twenty per.
centum t20so) or more OF the
persons who are qualified to
vote in general or special cleo.
ions of the Town of Gathers.
burg, Maryland, requesting that
he proposed Sections be submit.
ed on referendum to the vot.
RS Of the Town of Gaithersburg,
iaryland.
MAYOR AND TOWN
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