OCEAN CITY                                             2373

the Town of Ocean City, Maryland by eliminating from said subsection and section
of said charter the matter hereinafter enclosed in double parentheses, and by adding
to said subsection and section of said charter new matter hereinafter underscored as
follows:

"185. FILING STATEMENTS OF CANDIDACY.

(b) No candidate shall file for more than one office and any Councilman
desiring to be a candidate for Mayor must, at least 30 days before election, submit
his resignation as Councilman, said resignation to be irrevocable and become
effective on the [2nd Monday of September next] DAY NEXT FOLLOWING
after the election. Any Councilman elected to fill the unexpired term of the
Councilman who resigned to become a candidate for Mayor, shall be elected to
serve only the unexpired term of the Councilman so resigning. The person who
receives the next highest number of votes after those regularly elected or to be
elected shall complete the unexpired term of any Councilman who resigns to
become a candidate for Mayor."

The Sub-Section (b) of Section 185 as amended shall read as follows:
185. FILING STATEMENTS OF CANDIDACY.

No candidate shall file for more than one office and any Councilman desiring to
be a candidate for Mayor must, at least 30 days before election, submit his
resignation as Councilman, said resignation to be irrevocable and become effective
on the day next following after the election. Any Councilman elected to fill the
unexpired term of the Councilman who resigned to become a candidate for Mayor,
shall be elected to serve only the unexpired term of the Councilman so resigning.
The person who receives the next highest number of votes after those regularly
elected or to be elected shall complete the unexpired term of any Councilman who
resigns to become a candidate for Mayor.

Resolved this 21st day of February, 1972, upon motion by John Dale Showell,
III, seconded by J. Warren Frome, and carried unanimously.

Daniel Trimper, IV, Council President

William Purnell, Jr., Council Secretary

Harry W. Kelly, Mayor

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