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Section 4. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Man-
ager of the City of Greenbelt be, and he is specifically enjoined and in-
structed to carry out the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 as evidence of
compliance herewith, the said City Manager shall cause to be affixed
to the minutes of this meeting (1) an appropriate certificate of publication
of the newspaper in which the title of this Resolution shall have been pub-
lished; and (2) return receipts of the mailing referred to in Section 3,
and shall further complete and execute the Certificate of Effect attached
hereto.

Francis W. White, Mayor

ATTEST:

Gudrum H. Mills, City Clerk

Charter Amendment Resolution No. 1971-2
Resolution No. 209

Resolution of the City of Greenbelt adopted pursuant to the au-
thority of Article 11E of the Constitution of Maryland and Section 13
of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition as
amended) title "Corporation—Municipal", sub-title "Home Rule", to
amend the Charter of the City of Greenbelt, Maryland (1963 Edition
as amended) and containing in whole or in part the Charter of the
City of Greenbelt, by repealing and reenacting with amendments and
additions subsection (C) title "Bond Referendum" of Section 40-55
title "Bonds—Issuance", which section was previously amended by
Charter amendment Number 119, enacted June 6, 1967 to provide that
a bond referendum shall not be required if half the cost or more of
the bond principal and interest is to be paid from the monies antici-
pated to be realized from the levying of special assessments or taxes
or the collection of special fees or service charges.

Section 1. BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED by the Council of
the City of Greenbelt, Maryland that the Charter of the City of Greenbelt,
said Charter being Section 40 of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1963 Edition as amended) and containing in whole or
in part the Charter of the City of Greenbelt, Maryland, shall be amended
by repealing and reenacting with amendments and additions subsection
(c) Title "Bond Referendum" of Section 40-55 Title "Bonds—Issuance"
which section was previously amended by Charter Amendment Number
119, enacted June 6, 1967 to provide that a bond referendum shall not be
required if half the cost or more of the bond principal and interest is to be
paid from the monies anticipated to be realized from the levying of special
assessments or taxes or the collection of special fees or service charges,
as follows:

(c) Bond Referendum. An ordinance authorizing a bond issue shall
be submitted to the voters at either the next regular municipal general
election or at a special election at the discretion of the city council. In the
event a special election is designated, it shall be held within a period of not
less than forty (40) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the final
passage of the resolution providing for the referendum. The resolution
providing for the referendum shall specify the exact wording which is to be
placed on the ballots or voting machines when the question is submitted
to the voters of the city and shall include the amount of the bond issue and
the purpose for which the bond monies are to be used. If a majority of the