Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-20
Legal Advertisement
Notice of Adoption
of Charter Amendment

Notice of Adoption
of Charter Amendment
The Mayor and Town Council
of Gaithersburg, Maryland, pur-
suant to the authority of Ar
ticle lie of the Constitution of
the State of Maryland, and Ar
ticle 23A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, on the 18th
day of April, 1861, adopted a
Resolution repeating and re-en-
acting Section Is of the Mu.
nicipal Charter. This Section
is as follows:
Is. If, before the expiration
of twenty calendar days fol
lowing approval of any ordi-
nance by the Mayor or passage
of any ordinance over the
mayors veto, petition is filed
with the clerk-treasurer con-
tanning the signatures of not
less than twenty per centum
(20%6) of the qualified voters
of the town and requesting that
the ordinance. or any part
thereof, be submitted to a vote
Of the qualified voters of the
town for their approval or dis
approval, the council shall have
the ordinance, or the part there
of requested for referendum,
submitted to a vote of the quail
fled voters of the town at the
next regular town election or,
in the councils discretion at a
special election occurring before
the next regular election. No
ordinance, or the part thereof
requested for referendum, shall
become effective following the
receipt of such petition until
and unless approved at the cleo
ton by a majority of the quail
fled voters voting on the ques-
ton. An emergency ordinance,
or the part thereof requested
for referendum, shall continue
in effect for sixty days follow
ing receipt of such petition. If
the question of approval or dis
approval of any emergency or
dinance, or any part thereof,
has not been submitted to the
qualified voters within sixty
days following receipt of the
petition, then the operation of
the ordinance, or the part there
Of requested for referendum,
shall be suspended until APP
proved by majority of the
qualified voters voting on the
question at any election. Any
ordinance, or part thereof, dis
approved by the voters, shall
stand repealed. The provisions
of this section shall not apply
to any action Of the council in
the form of an ordinance adopt
ing the annual budget pursuant
to Section AZ or fixing the an
nual tax rate pursuant to Sec
ton 81, nor shall such provi-
sions apply to any ordinance, or
part thereof, passed under the
authority of Section 81, levying
property taxes for the payment
of Indebtedness, but the pro-
visions of this Section may be
invoked with respect to any or
dinance, as an entirety, levying
special assessment charges un-
der the provisions of Sections
Sc and 81. The provisions of
this Section shall be self exc
cutting, but the council may
adopt ordinances in furtherance
of these provisions and not in
conflict with them.
The foregoing section shall be-
come and be considered part of
the Charter of the Town of
Gaithersburg, on the 9th day of
June, 1861, unless on or before
the 26th day of May, 1861, there
shall be presented to the Mayor
and Town Council of Gathers
burg, Maryland, or mailed to it
by Registered Mail, a petition
signed by twenty per centum
(209t) or more of the persons
who are qualified to vote in
general or special elections in
the Town of Gaithersburg,
Maryland, requesting that the
proposed section be submitted
on referendum to the voters of
the Town of Gaithersburg,
Maryland.