[Ch. 154, L 1924]
The citizens of the Town of Edmonston are a body corporate, by the name of the Mayor and Town Council of Edmonston, and by that name may have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, have and use a common seal and may purchase and hold real, personal and mixed property or dispose of the same for the benefit of said town.
[Ch. 154, § 1, L 1924; as amended by Ch. 913, § 512, L 1945]
The boundaries of said town shall be as follows: Beginning where the Shepard Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad intersects the eastern branch of the Potomac River, said point being in the corporation line of the Town of Hyattsville, then running with the Hyattsville corporation boundary line northerly to the Riverdale corporation line, then with the Riverdale corporation line to a point north seventy degrees west from the intersection of the Edmonston Road with Carter's Lane, running from thence to a point four hundred thirty-five feet west of the center line of Edmonston Road as it now runs and parallel with the Edmonston Road maintaining at all points a distance of four hundred thirty-five feet from said road to the Bladensburg corporation line; then with the north line of the Bladensburg corporation line to the eastern branch; then with the eastern branch to the beginning.
[Ch. 154, § 2, L 1924; as amended by resolution of the Mayor and Town Council 1-26-1970]
A. 
First 1986 annexation. The following described land in Prince George's County, Maryland, which is contiguous to the corporate town limits is annexed as follows: Beginning for the subject property at the intersection of the Town of Edmonston Line as per 1956 annexation as per Annotated Code of the Town of Bladensburg and the westerly line of Kenilworth Avenue (State Route No. 201) as shown on State Roads Commission Right-of-Way Plat No. 11617 and thence with the westerly right-of-way line of Kenilworth Avenue as shown on State Roads Commission Plat Nos. 11617 and 11618, the following five courses and distances (1) along the are of a curve deflecting to the left, said curve having a radius of 3774.72 feet and a long chord bearing and distance of North 43° 35' 09" East, 608.05 and an arc distance of 608.71 feet to a point and thence (2) North 51° 02' 02" East, 15.00 feet to a point and thence (3) North 38° 44' 28" East, 29.53 feet to a point and thence (4) South 51° 27' 50" East, 15.00 feet to a point and thence (5) along the arc of a curve deflecting to the left, said curve having a radius of 3,774.72 feet and a long chord bearing and distance of North 36° 00' 04" East, 33.30 feet to a point and an arc distance of 331.41 feet to a point and thence with the original easterly line of the incorporation of Town of Edmonston as per the 1924 Annotated Code Par. 26-2 the following two courses and distances (1) North 40° 45' 03" East, 419.06 feet to a point and thence (2) North 33° 15' 08" East, 1017.02 feet to a point and thence with the southerly line of the 1959 annexation as per Par. 29 Section A of the Annotated Code and thence with the westerly line of lot 4 in Hyattsville Building Association Subdivision (unrecorded) South 19° 57' 30" West, 190.00 feet to a point and thence crossing Decatur Street South 39° 06' 52" West, 59.23 feet to a point and thence with the easterly right-of-way line of 53rd Avenue (45 feet right-of-way) South 34° 13' 06" West, 589.95 feet to a point and thence along the arc of a curve deflecting to the left said curve having a radius of 20.00 feet and a long chord bearing and distance of South 17° 02' 54" East, 31.20 feet an arc distance of 35.79 feet to a point and thence crossing Crittenden Street South 04° 19' 56" East, 56.91 feet to a point with the westerly line of Lots 1 through 7 in the Eugene Brocks addition to Hyattsville (unrecorded) South 21° 41' 06" West, 260.47 feet to a point and thence with the division line between Lots 7 and 8 South 58° 46' 54" East, 154.10 feet to a point and thence with the easterly line of Lots 8 and 9 South 31° 13' 06" West, 72.51 feet to a point and thence with the intersection of Buchanan Street and Edmonston Road South 42° 15' 12" West, 55.76 feet to a point and thence with the easterly line of Lots 12 and 13 South 40° 17' 06" West, 103.70 feet to a point and thence with the Town of Bladensburg line and the northerly line of Parcels O and P in Prince George's Industrial Development Subdivision which is as recorded in Plat Book WWW 47 at Folio 100 among the Land Records of Prince George's County, Maryland North 77° 31' 39" West, 388.69 feet to a point and thence with the easterly right-of-way line of aforesaid Kenilworth Avenue the following sixteen courses and distances (1) along the arc of a curve deflecting to the right said curve having a radius of 3,864.72 feet and a long chord bearing and distance of South 36° 21' 44" West, 294.84 feet and an arc distance of 294.91 feet to a point and thence (2) South 51° 27' 06" East, 15.00 feet to a point and thence (3) South 33° 46' 24" West, 30.47 feet to a point and thence (4) North 51° 00' 06" West, 15.00 feet to a point and thence (5) along the arc of a curve deflecting to the right said curve having a radius of 3,864.72 feet and a long chord bearing and distance of South 39° 26' 29" West, 59.75 feet and an arc distance of 59.75 feet to a point and thence (6) South 53° 01' 16" East, 29.58 feet to a point and thence (7) South 47° 23' 13" West, 52.63 feet to a point and thence (8) South 39° 24' 45" West, 66.95 feet to a point and thence (9) South 42° 14' 57" West, 85.80 feet to a point and thence (10) South 52° 24' 25" West, 30.94 feet to a point and thence (11) South 43° 23' 28" West, 8.13 feet to a point and thence (12) South 35° 59' 43" West, 51.37 feet to a point and thence (13) North 45° 47' 56" West, 12.00 feet to a point and thence (14) South 44° 15' 40" West, 8.12 feet to a point and thence (15) North 45° 40' 44" West, 15.00 feet to a point and thence (16) along the arc of a curve deflecting to the right and having a radius of 3,864.72 feet and a long chord bearing distance of South 46° 01' 02" West, 228.78 feet and an arc distance of 228.82 feet to a point and thence crossing Kenilworth Avenue with the boundary line of the town of Bladensburg to the point of beginning and containing 9.7088 acres of land more or less.
[As added by Resolution 86-CR-004 of the Mayor and Town Council 6-9-1986[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: This resolution also provided that it shall take effect 7-29-1986.
[1]
Editor's Note: An Official Map was adopted by Resolution 86-CR-012 of the Mayor and Township Council 6-9-1986.
Effective with the adoption of this amendment, new wards are established to assure the equality of voter representation. Such adopted wards shall be permanently displayed in the records of the Town of Edmonston and displayed in the office of the Clerk for all to see as well as be attached to this amendment.
[Ch. 154, § 3, L 1924; as amended 11-13-2013 by Res. No. 2013-CR-01]
The elected officers of said town shall consist of a Mayor and four Council members. The Mayor and Council are the legislative body of the town. Such appointed officers as are hereinafter designated or shall be appointed by the Mayor and Town Council shall continue to hold office for such term as the Mayor and Town Council shall designate or until a successor is duly qualified. Before entering upon the duties of office, each elected and appointed officer shall take oath to diligently and faithfully discharge all duties of the office without favor, partiality or prejudice, and said oath shall be filed among the records of the town.
[Ch. 154, § 4, L 1924; as amended by resolution of the Mayor and Town Council 8-14-1972; 7-10-2019 by Res. No. 2019-CR-02]
The Mayor and Council members shall all be elected at the same time for a term of three years. The Mayor and Council members shall take office on the first Monday in June and the term shall conclude on the last day prior to the first Monday in June of every three years thereafter, or until a successor takes office. The Mayor shall be elected at large by the voters of the Town. The Council members shall be elected by the voters within their respective wards. In the event any two or more candidates for Mayor, or three or more candidates for Council member in the same ward, shall have the highest and equal number of votes, a runoff special election of the tied candidates shall be conducted on the fourth Monday following the election. If the special election would occur on a town, state, county or federal election day or holiday, then it will be scheduled on another date during the 4th week following the election. The Mayor must continually reside at a primary residence within the corporate limits of the Town for the duration of the term in office. Council members must continually reside in their respective ward at a primary residence within the corporate limits of the Town for the duration of their term of office. The Mayor shall be compensated at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300) per month and Council members at the rate of two hundred dollars ($200) per month. A change in the amount of compensation may be adopted by ordinance. No such ordinance may be enacted by the Mayor and Council to become effective during the current term of office.
[Ch. 154, § 5, L 1924; as amended by Ch. 407, § 402, L 1933; Ch. 175, § 402, L 1935; Ch. 913, § 516, L 1945; Ch. 748, L 1947; resolution of the Mayor and Town Council 7-18-1966; 6-10-1968; 8-14-1972; Resolution 78-CR-1 of the Mayor and Town Council 3-13-1978; 1-8-2007 by Res. No. 2006-CR-02;[1] 7-10-2019 by Res. No. 2019-CR-02]
[1]
Editor's Note: This Charter Resolution also repealed former § 5A, Commencement and termination of terms of elected officials, added 7-8-1974 by Resolution 74-CR-1, which immediately followed this section.
The Mayor and Town Council shall meet in some convenient place in said town in July of each year and as often thereafter as may be necessary in the discharge of their duties. The majority shall form a quorum for the transaction of business and the presence of the Mayor shall be counted toward such quorum; and upon each action taken the yea and nay vote of each Councilperson shall be recorded opposite his or her name. The Mayor shall cast a vote upon such action only in the event that the votes of the Council members are otherwise tied. The Mayor and Council shall pass rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this subtitle for their own government while in session. The absence of any Councilperson from three (3) consecutive meetings, shall constitute a vacancy, which vacancy shall be declared by duly adopted motion of the Council.
A vacancy in the office of Mayor or Councilperson shall be filled for the balance of the term as follows. For any vacancy that occurs within ninety (90) days of any regularly scheduled election, the position shall remain vacant until that election. Any vacancy that occurs more than ninety (90) days but less than 180 days before any regularly scheduled election shall be filled by appointment of the Mayor and Council by majority vote within 30 days of the vacancy. The Board of Supervisors of Elections shall schedule a special election for any vacancy that occurs more than 180 days prior to the next regularly scheduled election. The special election shall be held within sixty-five (65) days of the vacancy occurring.
In the event of a tie vote in the special election of Mayor and/or Council member, a runoff election of the tied candidates shall be conducted within 30 days after the special election.
As needed, the Mayor shall appoint a Mayor Pro Tem from among the membership of the Council. In the event of a vacancy in the Mayor's position, the Council shall appoint a Council member as Mayor Pro Tem, who shall serve as Mayor until such time as a new Mayor is elected or appointed.
All special elections shall be conducted by the Supervisors of Elections in the same manner and with the same personnel, as far as practicable, as regular town elections. The Mayor shall preside at the meeting of the Council and shall call meetings from time to time as the Mayor may deem necessary, but in case of the Mayor's absence from any meeting, the Mayor Pro Tem shall preside. A Council member acting as the presiding officer in the absence of the Mayor may vote as a Council member.
[Ch. 154, § 6, L 1924; as amended by Ch. 407, L 1933; resolution of the Mayor and Town Council 8-14-1972; Resolution 86-CR-013 by the Mayor and Town Council 3-3-1987; Resolution 04-CR-004 of the Mayor and Town Council 8-9-2004; 5-14-2014 by Res. No. 2014-CR-01; 7-10-2019 by Res. No. 2019-CR-02; 11-12-2020 by Res. No. 20-CR-04]
A. 
On or before the first Monday in April of each year in which there is a general election, upon the recommendation of the Mayor, the majority of the Mayor and Town Council shall appoint Supervisors of Elections, at least one from each ward, who shall act as judges of the election, and such other election officials and judges as deemed necessary, to conduct an election by ballot on the first Monday of May, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the day following, for the election of officers provided for in § 5 of this Charter. Such Supervisors of Elections shall be registered voters under the provisions of this article. The Supervisors of Elections shall perform such duties as prescribed by town regulation and state law. The Mayor and Town Council shall appoint the place of election and shall give public notice of not less than fifteen (15) days of the time and place of the election by advertisement in at least the Town Newsletter or one newspaper published in Prince George's County, the Town's website, and also by notice posted in at least five (5) public places in the town. If at the time the notice is advertised, the Supervisors of Elections determine that all of the offices in the election are uncontested, the notice shall so state, and shall also state that if all of the offices are still uncontested five (5) days prior to the election, the election judge(s) may exercise their option, as more fully described below, to reduce the number of hours that the polling place will be opened to between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. inclusive. In contested elections the polls shall be opened between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; only those voters registered to vote in the Town through Prince George's County who are actual residents of the town upon the day of the election shall be allowed to vote at such elections. If, within five days prior to an election, the Supervisors of Elections determine that an uncontested election is scheduled, they may shorten the number of hours that the polling place will be open. In such event the polls shall be open between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. inclusive. The Supervisors of Elections shall direct the preparation of the ballots containing the names of those persons who have complied with the provisions of this subtitle making them eligible to become a candidate for the office which they seek. Each candidate shall be listed in alphabetical order on the ballot by the name, surname and, if applicable, middle initial or name, under which the candidate is registered to vote. The Supervisors of Elections shall receive all returns of elections and determine all questions arising there under, and shall, at the request of a candidate made in writing and delivered to the Chief Supervisor of Elections within 72 hours of the original posting of the election results at town hall, conduct such recount according to procedures they shall adopt prior to the election, provided that the candidate has paid in advance any fee for such recount as may be set from time to time by the Town Council by resolution. Any such fee paid by a candidate for a recount shall be returned to the candidate in the event that the recount shows a counting error in the candidate's favor that alters the outcome of the election.
[As amended 5-5-1969 by referendum, effective 6-9-1969; Resolution 87-CR-004 of the Mayor and Town Council 1-11-1988; Resolution 94-CR-001 of the Mayor and Town Council 9-12-1994; Resolution 04-CR-002 of the Mayor and Town Council 3-8-2004; 7-10-2019 by Res. No. 2019-CR-02; 4-15-2020 by Res. No. 2020-CR-01; 11-12-2020 by Res. No. 20-CR-03]
B. 
Any person residing within the corporate limits of the town who: (1) has the Town of Edmonston as his or her primary residence, (2) is at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application (3) has resided within the corporate limits of the Town for at least 1 year (365 days) immediately preceding any town election registration closing date, (4) does not claim the right to vote elsewhere in the United States, (5) has not been found by a court to be unable to communicate a desire to vote, and (6) is registered to vote in accordance with the provisions of this charter on election day shall automatically become a registered voter of the Town of Edmonston and be entitled to vote at town general or special elections. Any individual meeting the qualifications contained in this section who has served a period of incarceration shall be entitled to vote at town general or special elections.[1]
[As amended by resolution of the Mayor and Town Council 2-8-1971; 2-12-1973; Resolution 84-CR-2(a) of the Mayor and Town Council 10-8-1984; Resolution 89-CR-005 of the Mayor and Town Council 8-14-1989;[2] 7-10-2019 by Res. No. 2019-CR-02; 11-13-2024 by Res. No. 24-CR-01]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, which required the keeping of books for the registration of voters, and Subsection D, which provided that the election laws of the State of Maryland should apply to town elections, both of which immediately followed this subsection, were repealed 8-14-1989 by Resolution 89-CR-005.
[2]
Editor's Note: This resolution also provided that it shall take effect 9-30-1989.
C. 
When a state of emergency has been declared for the town by a vote of the Mayor and a majority of the Council, or by reason of its emergency operations plan, or by the State of Maryland or Prince George's County, pursuant to state or local law, and in the judgment of the Mayor and Council the state of emergency prevents the safe, orderly and efficient conduct of a town election, the Mayor and Council may, by resolution, postpone an election until such time as the election may be conducted in a safe, orderly and efficient manner and may further make necessary changes to the method, conduct, or voting system of an election in a manner that ensures an accurate vote count and certification of the election results.
[Added 4-15-2020 by Res. No. 2020-CR-01]
[Ch. 154, § 7, L 1924; as amended by Ch. 407, § 404, L 1933; and Ch. 175, § 404, L 1935; ]
A. 
Any person desiring to run for the office of Mayor of the Town of Edmonston shall be at least twenty-three (23) years of age at the time the candidate petition is filed, shall have resided within the corporate limits of said town at least one (1) year prior to the election and be registered to vote in the town for at least one (1) year prior to the election. Any person desiring to run for a Council position of said Town shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the time the candidate petition is filed, shall have resided within the corporate limits of said Town at least one (1) year prior to the election and be registered to vote in the Town for at least one (1) year prior to the election. Any person elected to the position of councilmember may not run for or hold another position as councilperson from the same ward until the expiration of his or her current term, regardless of whether such councilperson vacates his or her council position prior to the election. Any person desiring to run for Mayor of said town shall in person obtain from the Town Clerk a petition form, developed by the election judges; and file in person with the Town Clerk the petition containing the names, addresses and signatures of at least twenty (20) qualified registered voters of the Town of Edmonston and any required financial disclosure forms, and pay a filing fee of ten dollars ($10); and any person desiring to run for a Council position from the ward in which the person resides shall in person obtain from the Town Clerk a petition form developed by the election judges; and file in person said petition with the Town Clerk containing the names addresses and signatures of at least ten (10) qualified registered voters in that ward and any required financial disclosure forms, no later than 5:00 p.m. local time on the 30th day prior to the election, and pay a filing fee of ten dollars ($10). Any candidate petitions that do not reflect the name under which the candidate is registered to vote will be rejected. The Town Clerk shall cause to be published in some manner as shall give general notice to residents of the Town of Edmonston the names of the persons who have filed their petitions in accordance herewith and the positions to which they aspire.
[As amended by Resolution 89-CR-005 of the Mayor and Town Council 8-14-1989[1]; Resolution 01-CR-001 of the Mayor and Town Council 8-13-2001; Resolution 04-CR-001 of the Mayor and Town Council 3-8-2004; 7-10-2019 by Res. No. 2019-CR-02]
[1]
Editor's Note: This resolution also provided that it shall take effect 9-30-1989.
B. 
Any person desiring to run for Mayor or Town Council who does not file a petition as provided in Paragraph A of this section may qualify to run for such office as a write-in candidate by obtaining from the Town Clerk a petition form developed by the Supervisors of Elections, and filing in person with the Town Clerk, at least five calendar days before the date of the election, said petition to run as a write-in candidate containing the names addresses and signatures of at least 10 persons who are qualified voters, any required financial disclosure forms and a filing fee of ten dollars ($10).
[As amended 7-10-2019 by Res. No. 2019-CR-02]
C. 
Any person desiring to run for Mayor or a Council position must qualify as a candidate under Paragraph A or Paragraph B of this section. All votes cast in an election for persons who are not qualified as candidates shall be void.
[Ch. 154, § 8, L 1924; as amended by Ch. 407, § 406, L 1933; resolution of the Mayor and Town Council 8-14-1972; 2-12-1973; Resolution 87-CR-004 of the Mayor and Town Council 1-11-1988]
[Ch. 154, § 9, L 1924; as amended by Ch. 546, L 1927; and Ch. 913, § 520, L 1945; 1-26-1970; 8-14-1972; 7-13-2016 by Res. No. 16-CR-01]
A. 
Upon the recommendation of the Mayor, the majority of the Mayor and Town Council shall appoint the Town Administrator and Chief of Police, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council. The Town Administrator and Chief of Police shall be supervised by the Mayor or designee. The Mayor and Town Council shall fix the amount and authorize the payment of the salary of all Town officers and employees and shall prescribe the duties for each position.
[11-12-2020 by Res. No. 20-CR-02]
B. 
Town Administrator.
[11-12-2020 by Res. No. 20-CR-02]
(1) 
There is hereby established the position of Town Administrator.
(2) 
Duties and responsibilities. The Town Administrator shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town, responsible to the Mayor and Council for the administration of all Town affairs placed in the Administrator's charge. The Town Administrator shall appoint all employee positions authorized by Mayor and Council that are under his direct supervision. Prior to appointment, personnel shall be introduced to the Mayor, and subsequently introduced to the Council at a public meeting. All duties and responsibilities of the position of Town Administrator may be further outlined by ordinance, and in a job description adopted by resolution of the Mayor and Town Council, which may be amended from time to time as required.
C. 
A Police Department is established. The Chief of Police shall appoint police officers, Code Enforcement Officers and Police Department administrative personnel for those positions authorized by the Mayor and Town Council. Prior to appointment, personnel shall be introduced to the Mayor, and subsequently introduced to the Council at a public meeting.
[11-12-2020 by Res. No. 20-CR-02]
D. 
The Clerk shall keep a careful record of minutes, proceedings and ordinances, which shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested therein, and shall safely keep all records and documents, issue licenses, collect moneys therefor, and turn same over to the Town Treasurer. The Clerk keep proper accounts and shall perform such other duties as the Mayor and Town Council may assign.
E. 
The Clerk and Town Administrator shall each give bond to the Mayor and Town Council in such penalties and with such sureties as they may require.
[11-12-2020 by Res. No. 20-CR-02]
F. 
The Chief of Police and all other police officers of the Town shall preserve the peace, and good order of the Town and shall enforce and cause to be enforced all ordinances and regulations of the Town and all state and county laws within the corporate limits of the Town and in such other jurisdictions as authorized through cooperative agreement, and shall make and cause to be made all lawful arrests for and prosecute any and all violations of the ordinances and regulations of the said Town and any all violations of any law of the State of Maryland or Prince George's County, committed within the corporate limits of said Town and in such other jurisdictions as authorized through cooperative agreement, and shall swear out all necessary warrants therefore. The Chief of Police and all such other police officers shall serve notices and processes required by this Charter or by any ordinance passed by virtue thereof, as directed.
G. 
The Code Enforcement Officers are authorized to enforce the ordinances of the Town. They shall make inspections as may be necessary to preserve the public health and safety.
Every act or omission which, by ordinance, is a violation is hereby made a misdemeanor and, unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable upon conviction by the district court sitting in the county within which the offense is committed by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.) or imprisonment for thirty (30) days in the county jail, or both, in the discretion of the court. Where the act or omission is of a continuing nature and is persisted in, a conviction for one (1) offense is not a bar to a conviction for a continuation of the offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.
[As added by resolution CR74-1 of the Mayor and Town Council 3-11-1974[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 10, Conservators of the peace, adopted as Ch. 154, § 10, L 1924, as amended by Ch. 544, L 1927, was repealed by this resolution.
The Mayor and Town Council are hereby authorized to make or cause to be made a plat of said town upon which shall be shown all streets, roads and public ways, whether theretofore or hereafter laid out or projected, and by which all lots or property therein shall hereafter be described; to control the subdivision of all lands and property within the corporate limits of said town; to establish building lines and to require all persons erecting building in said town to conform thereto; to establish grades of the streets, gutters and sidewalks of said town and to fix the width thereof; to open and keep open and free from obstruction, all streets and public reservations, to grade, close or alter the same; and their rights, powers and duties in relation thereto shall, except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, be the same as is provided by the Code of Public General Laws of this state for opening, altering and closing public roads by the Board of County Commissioners, with the right to appeal to the Circuit Court for the county.
[Ch. 154, § 11, L 1924]
The Mayor and Town Council shall have full power to pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary for the good government, health and improvement of the town, and for the preservation of peace and good order therein. They may provide by ordinance for the opening and closing of streets, alleys, the straightening, widening and improvement of same, for the establishment of width and care of sidewalks and the construction of the same: and for the purposes set forth in this section they shall have full power of condemnation to be exercised in accordance with the Public General Laws of Maryland. They may by ordinance cause such licenses to be issued as the state laws may permit, upon such terms and conditions as to them may seem proper. They shall have full power to provide for such fines, penalties and punishment for the breach of their ordinances as they may think proper.
[Ch. 154, § 12, L 1924; as amended by resolution of 6-11-1956]
In addition to the powers mentioned or enumerated elsewhere in the herein Charter, the Mayor and Town Council of Edmonston shall have all of those powers enumerated under Article 23A, § 2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.
[As added by resolution of the Mayor and Town Council 2-12-1973; as amended by Resolution 99-CR-001 of the Mayor and Town Council 10-11-1999]
The town may condemn property of any kind, or interest therein or franchise connected therewith, in fee or as an easement, within the corporate limits of the town, for any public purpose. Any activity, project or improvement authorized by the provisions of this charter or any other state law applicable to the town is a public purpose. The manner of procedure in case of any condemnation proceeding shall be that established in Title 12 of the Real Property Article of the Code.
[As added by Resolution 84-CR-I(a) of the Mayor and Town Council 10-8-1984]
No ordinance shall be passed at the meeting at which it is introduced. Introduction of an ordinance may be made by motion of any Councilman and shall not require a second to the motion. At any regular or special meeting of the Mayor and Town Council held not less than ten (10) nor more than forty (40) days after the meeting at which an ordinance was introduced, it shall be passed, or passed as amended, or rejected, or its consideration deferred to some specific future date. In cases of emergency the above requirements may be suspended by the affirmative vote of three (3) members of the Town Council and an emergency ordinance shall become effective after passage. Every ordinance, unless otherwise specified, shall become effective at the expiration of twenty (20) calendar days following passage by the Mayor and Town Council. A fair summary of each ordinance shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in Prince George's County or published in a town newsletter.
[As added by Resolution 76-CR-1 of the Mayor and Town Council 4-12-1976]
The Council shall have the same power as the State Board of Health, within the corporate limits of the said town. They may adopt and provide an efficient system of drainage. They may adopt suitable measures for the removal of garbage, sewerage, etc., and fix the amount to be paid therefore.
[Ch. 154, § 13, L 1924]
Those parts of the several county roads within the limits of said town, and all roads, streets, avenues or alleys, which now are or shall hereafter be shown on any plat or addition to the platted part of said town as public highways, and accepted by the Mayor and Town Council as such, are hereby made and declared to be public streets, avenues and alleys of said town, and shall be from time to time improved and repaired as the public interest may require and the resources of the town justify.
[Ch. 154, § 14, L 1924]
The County Commissioners of Prince George's County and the Board of Road Commissioners of said county shall pay to the Mayor and Town Council of Edmonston, or the Treasurer thereof, three-fourths (3/4) of all taxes collected for roads and bridges levied on the property within the limits of said town, and said sums so paid shall be expended by the Mayor and Town Council in the repairs and improvements of the streets and roadways of said town, said payment to include three-fourths (3/4) of said taxes so paid on the levy of 1924, in the event of a vote adopting this Charter as hereinafter provided.
[Ch. 154, § 15, L 1924]
The Mayor and Council shall have the power to levy, on or before the 30th day of May for each year, taxes for the calendar year in which the levy is made, at such rates as they may find necessary for expenses for that year, based on the state and county assessments for all purposes, and all taxes so levied shall be a lien on any and all property of the person, company or corporation against whom the tax may be levied, and the taxes for each year are payable on the first day of July next succeeding the levy thereof, and will be in arrears and subject to a legal interest from and after that date.
[Ch. 154, § 17, L 1924; as amended by Ch. 407, § 415, L 1933; Resolution 85-CR-001 of the Mayor and Town Council 1-14-1985; Resolution 99-CR-002 of the Mayor and Town Council 12-13-1999; Resolution 04-CR-003 of the Mayor and Town Council 7-12-2004]
It shall be the duty of the Town Treasurer as soon as the annual tax levy is made and placed in his hands for collection, to give notice by advertisement in one (1) newspaper published in the county, and proceed to the collection of taxes through the Town of Edmonston in compliance with the laws for collection of state and county taxes in Prince George's County.
[Ch. 154, § 18, L 1924; as amended by Ch. 407, § 416, L 1933; and Ch. 913, § 529, L 1945]
The Mayor and Council shall have full power to control and protect public grounds owned by the Town of Edmonston, whether within the corporate limits or outside of said town.
[Ch. 154, § 19, L 1924]
It shall not be lawful for any member of the Town Council, the Mayor and the Town Treasurer of the Town of Edmonston, during his or her term of office, to be a party to, or to hold, possess, purchase or acquire any share or interest in, any agreement or contract made, entered into or concluded with any party or parties, corporations or persons whomsoever by the Mayor and Town Council of Edmonston, in their character and capacity as such, or to have, receive, enjoy or participate, either directly or indirectly, in any of the benefits, profits or emoluments of any such agreement or contract. Any Mayor, Councilman or Treasurer who shall violate the aforesaid provisions during his term of office shall forthwith forfeit his office and his vacancy shall be filled by the Mayor and Town Council. He/she further shall be subject to indictment, as provided by law, and upon conviction shall further forfeit and pay over to the Town of Edmonston his share or interest in the agreement or contract or claim, as aforesaid, as the case may be.
[As added to Ch. 154, L 1924, by Ch. 175, § 417A, L 1935]