Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-03
LegoI Advertisement
Notice of Adoption of
Charter Sections

lie MdyOI dllU 1OWIl OOu1'
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 13 and Section &c
of the Municipal Charter. These
sections are as follows:
Section ID: 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
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 loca-
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.
minable area for special bene.
fits conferred upon such prop.
erty by the installation or con-
struction of water mains, SAM.
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
to provide for the payment of
all or any part of the above
projects 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
any 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 9Th,
1860, unless, on or before the
18th 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 5000 or more of the
persons who are qualified to
vote in general or special cleo.
tons of the Town of Gathers
burg, Maryland, requesting that
the proposed Sections be submit.
ted on referendum to the vot-
ers of the Town of Gaithersburg,
Maryland.
MAYOR AND TOWN