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3.  Effective Date - Said amendment became effective 50 days after the date of
resolution, said effective date therefore being 12 April 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 Sub-Section (a) of Section
175. "QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS" of The Municipal Charter of the Town of
Ocean City, Maryland by eliminating from said sub-section and section of said
charter the matter hereinafter enclosed in double parentheses, and by adding to said
sub-section and section of said charter new matter hereinafter underscored as follows:

"175. QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS.

(a) The qualifications of voters in Town Elections of Ocean City shall be as
follows: A voter, whether a man or a woman, must be: (1) a citizen of the United
States; (2) at least [21] 18 years of age; (3) registered in accordance with the
provisions of this charter; and (4) one who, for two years next preceding the
election, has been and is, at the time of the election, a resident of the town of
Ocean City, having resided therein and having been domiciled therein not less than
an aggregate of twelve (12) months of said years, and/or 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, individually or jointly with a
spouse, of real or personal property of the assessed value of at least One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00), and/or one who, for one year next preceding the election, has
been and is, at the time of the election, the owner, individually or jointly with a
spouse, of part of the capital stock of any body corporate, which body corporate
has been, for one year next preceding the election, and is, at the time of the
election, the owner of real or personal property of the assessed value of at least
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), said corporate stock to be voted by a
stockholder of said corporation to be designated at the time of registration
hereinafter mentioned."

The Sub-Section (a) of Section 175 as amended shall read as follows: