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1.     Section Amended - SECTION 173 - "QUALIFICATIONS FOR
ELECTION AS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMAN" Complete text of
resolution amending said section of said charter is attached hereto. The date of the
resolution is 17 April 1972.

2.  Referendum Election - There was no Referendum Election nor was there any
Petition for Referendum filed.

3.  Effective Date - Said amendment became effective 50 days after the date of
resolution, said effective date therefore being 8 June 1972.

4.   Votes Cast - The amendment was by way of legislative enactment by a
unanimous vote of 7 Councilmen for and none against and was thereupon
approved by the Mayor, Harry W. Kelley.

Harry W. Kelley
Mayor & Chief Executive
Office of the Town of
Ocean City, Maryland

RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND
TO AMEND THE TOWN CHARTER

Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland adopted
pursuant to the authority of Sections 13 through 18 of Article 23A, Annotated
Code of Maryland, 1966 Replacement Volume, to amend Section 173,
"QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTION AS MAYOR OR CITY
COUNCILMAN" of the Municipal Charter of the Town of Ocean City, Maryland
by eliminating from said section of said charter the matter hereinafter enclosed in
double parentheses, and by adding to said section of said charter, new matter
hereinafter underscored as follows:

"173. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTION AS MAYOR OR CITY
COUNCILMAN."

Any person to qualify as a candidate for election as Mayor of Ocean City or as
a City Councilman of Ocean City must be: (a) qualified as a voter in town
elections in accordance with the provisions of Section 175 hereof; (b) one who, for
one year next preceding the election, has been and is, at the time of the election, a
resident of the Tenth Election District of Worcester County, Maryland; [and (c)
one who, for one year next preceding the election, has been and is, at the time of
the election, assessed on the tax books of said town with, and is the owner of, real
or personal property of the assessed value of at least Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) upon which property taxes must have been paid for the next preceding
year; or one who, for one year next preceding the election, has been and is, at the
time of the election, the owner of part of the capital stock of any body corporate,