[1]
The provisions of this subheading have been
modified by the adoption of Article 11E of the Constitution of Maryland
and by the enactment of Secs. 11-18 of Art. 23A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition). For a case holding that Art. 23A, Secs.
11-18, implementing Art. 11E, Sec. 4 of the Constitution, occupy the
whole field of amendments to charters of municipalities and supersede
local Charter provisions on that subject, see Hitchens v. City of
Cumberland, 268 Md. 134, 117A.2d 854 (1955).
[1959 Code, sec. 449. 1951, ch. 534, sec.
166]
Amendments to this Charter may be made as hereinafter
provided, and such amendments shall have the same force of law as
if they had been enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland.
The word "amendments" as used in this article shall include alterations
and additions.
[1959 Code, sec. 450. 1951, ch. 534, sec.
167] [Amended 12-13-1999 by Res. No. 687; 10-14-2013 by Res. No. 2333]
Amendments to this Charter shall be proposed
and enacted in accordance with §§ 4-301 et seq. of the Local
Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland as the same shall
be amended from time to time. In addition to the requirements set
forth therein, Resolutions introduced by the Council to change the
Charter of the City of Salisbury shall require a public hearing. Notice
of the hearing shall be printed in a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Salisbury and posted at some public place in the City
of Salisbury in advance of the public hearing and prior to a vote
by the Council on the Resolution.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § SC21-3,
Advertisement (1959 Code, sec. 451. 1951, Ch. 534, sec. 168), and
former § SC21-4, Approval (1959 Code, sec. 452. 1951, ch.
534, sec. 169), which immediately followed, were repealed 12-13-1999
by Res. No. 687.
