Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
ARTICLE 23A. CORPORATIONS -- MUNICIPAL |
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INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES |
§ 25. Posting and publication
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The county governing body shall give notice by posting and publication of the submission of the proposal of incorporation, including a fair summary of the proposed charter, to the voters of the area proposed to be incorporated. For not less than the 4 weeks immediately preceding the election at which the question is to be submitted, a complete and exact copy of the wording of the proposed charter shall be posted or available for public inspection at the office of the county governing body. On the day of the election a copy shall be posted or available for public inspection at the place or places for voting on the question of incorporation. Notice of the election, together with a fair summary of the proposed charter, shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the particular area proposed to be incorporated not less than once in each of the 4 weeks immediately preceding the election.