OXFORD                                                2387

No. 3

Resolution of The Town of Oxford, adopted pursuant to authority of Article
11-E of the Constitution of Maryland, and Section 13 of Article 23-A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, title "Corporations - Municipal,"
sub-title "Home-Rule," sub-heading "Charter Amendments," to amend Section
14, "Registration, Nominations and Elections" of the Charter of the Town of
Oxford to permit persons eighteen (18) years of age to vote in town elections.

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED by The Town of Oxford that the Charter of
The Town of Oxford as amended be and the same is hereby amended and revised
to read as follows:

Section 14. Voters.

Every person who (a) is a citizen of the United States, (b) is at least
[twenty-one] EIGHTEEN years of age, (c) has resided in the State of
Maryland for at least one year next preceding any Town election, (d) has
resided within the corporate limits of the Town for six months next preceding
any Town election, and (e) is registered in accordance with the provisions of
this Charter, shall be a qualified voter of the Town. Every qualified voter of
the Town shall be entitled to vote at any or all Town elections.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of adoption
of this Resolution is February 20, 1972, and the amendment of the Charter of The
Town of Oxford hereby enacted shall become effective on April 14, 1972 unless a
proper petition for a referendum hereon shall be filed as permitted by law,
provided a complete and exact copy of this Resolution shall be continuously posted
on the bulletin board of the Town Hall until April 14, 1972, and provided further
that a copy of the title of this Resolution shall be published in the Easton
Star-Democrat, a newspaper of general circulation in The Town of Easton, or in
any other newspaper of such general circulation once in each of the weeks of
March 1, 1972, March 8, 1972, March 15, 1972, and March 22, 1972.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the
Commissioners is hereby specifically enjoined to carry out the provisions of
Section 2 hereof and, as evidence of said compliance, the President of the
Commissioners shall cause to be affixed to the minutes of this meeting appropriate
certificates of publication of the newspaper or newspapers in which the title of this
Resolution shall have been published and shall declare the Charter amendment
hereby enacted to be effective by affixing his signature hereto in the space provided
on the effective date thereof.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as soon as the
Charter amendment hereby enacted shall become effective, either as herein
provided or following referendum, the President of the Commissioners shall send
separately by registered mail, to the Secretary of State of Maryland, and to the
Department of Legislative Reference of Maryland, a clear certified copy of the
complete text of this Resolution and the following information concerning the
Charter amendment or amendments; the date of the referendum election, if any,
the number of votes cast for and against the Charter amendment or amendments,
whether in the legislative body or in a referendum and the effective date of the
Charter amendment or amendments.