The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-08-13

al legislation in furtherapce tbara:.
not in conflict Herewith may he a. ana
see; 4 No lay enacted BY the GI e1a+eeii
day of June next after the sassIsr lrst
which II may ~ passed, unless " nnl. ar
A Section declaring such law ar ev $500
gency law ana necessary for the imma5;
ate preservation of the public health II
safety. aud passed upon a yea and or OF
vote supported by three-fftis of aiI nay
members elected to each OF The 49, 80
EiGed however, q M lin assembly,
pension may be extended I'D nrnvS5afs us-
Section (by hereof III befora soi u
first day, OF June there shall have b saaa
petition to refer to a vote of the nac., q
any law or part of the law canahP'a pls
referendum, as in this Article prov;dagSa
The same shall b. referred By tie 500,
become Law or CAKE. effect until thirtrs
days after it, approval BY majority \,
the electors voting thereon at the neSt
resentatlves of the United States
emergency law shall remain in force not
withstanding such petition, but shall
stand repealed thirty days after having
fed electors voting thereon; proTiIad
however, that no measure creating Il
abolishing any Office, or changing tie
salary. term or duty of any officer or
granting any franchise or special nriviI.
ege, or creating any vested right or in.
! terest. shall be enacted as an emergencv
law 10 Lazy making any appropriation
for maintaining the State Government. Nv
for maintaining or aiding any public hi
Stitution, not exceeding the next preyions
appropriation for the same purpose, Shan
be subject to rejection or repeal under
this section. The increase in any such
appropriation for maintaining or aiding
any public institution shall only taxa
effect as i'm case Of other laws, and such
increase or any part thereof specified in
the petition, may ~ referred to vote q
the people upon petition.
Sec (a)- The referendum petition
against an Act or part Of an Act passed
by the General Assembly, shall be SUN.
cient il signed by ten thousand qualified
voters of the State of Maryland, Of whom
not more than half shall be residents OF
5fayded Nat lin NJ S1b any oe m eGTn fg
any one county or the City OF Baltimore
shall be referred by the Secretary q
State only to the people of said county
or City of Baltimore, upon a referendum
voters of said county or City of Balti-
more as the case may be, calculated upon
the whole number Of votes cast therein
respectively for Governor at The last pre-
ceding Gubernatorial election.
(b) If more than one-half, but less
than the full number of signatures re-
quired to complete any referendum petit
ton against any law passed by the Cen
eral Assembly, be filed with the Secretary
of State before the first day of June. the
time for the law to take effect ana for
filing the remainder OF signatures to
complete TIM petition shall b. extended 70
the thirtieth day or the same month with
like effect
Sec A. A petition may consist Of sever
the full text of the Act petitioned upon;
and there shall be attached TO each such
paper an affidavit Of the person procuring
the signatures thereon that of tie said
n1 h~Vnr -1n1
signature thereon IL genuine and bona
fde, and that the signers are registered
voters of the State Of Maryland, and the
City of Baltimore, or county, as the case
no other verif .ation shall be required.
Sec. (a). The General Assembly shall
provide for furnishing the votes Of the
State the text or all measures to be voted
otherwise provided BY law the same shall
be published in the manner prescribed by
Article XIV Of the Constitution FOR the
for the publication of proposed Constitu-
tional Amendments.
(b) All laws referred under the pro
visions of thts Article shall rs submitted
the people, but liz containing more than
two hundred words, the full text shall not
be printed on the official ballots. but the
and submit ballot title of each
such measure in such form as TO
present the purpose Of said measure con-
cisely and intelligentlE. The ballot title
but I'D any case TIL Legislative title shaII
be sufficient. Upon each OF the ballots.
following the ballot title or text, as the
case may be, of each such measure, there
shall be printed the words For the re-
ferred law and Against the referred
law" as the case may be. The votes cast
for and against any such referred laW
shall ~ returned To the Governor in the
Dnn WYNN nrnErTThpR with rASnprt fD
posed amendments to the Constitution
under Article XIV OF this Constitution,
and the Governor shall proclaim the re-
suit of the election, and, II it shall appear
any such measure We're cast in favor
thereof, the Governor shall BY his procla.
v majority Or the votes to have ben
adopted by the people Of Maryland a. Q
part OF the laws of the State to take
effect thirty days after such election, ana
Governor shall proclaim the result of the
local election as to any Public Local Law
which shall have been submitted 70 the
voters of any county or the City "a Bal-
timore.
Sec. .. M law VI Constitutional
Amendment, licensing. regulating, pro
hibiting, or submitting to local option
the manufacture or sale of malt or spiri-
pealed under any Act of the provisions OF
sec. p And be It enacted BY the Ger
eral Assembly Of Maryland, That the fore.
going Article hereby proposed o. a1
amendment to the Constitution Of thi;
State. at the next General Election fol
Members of the General Assembly to bt
held in this State, shall be submitted tc
the legal and qualified voters thereof FOL
their adoption or rejection in pursuance
Of the directions contained in Article AlN
of the. Constitution of this State and fhai
at such general election the vote upon saiC
proposed amendment to the Constitution
shall be by ballot, and upon each ballo
there shall be printed the words For thI
the Constitutional Amendment" as pre-
scribed by law, and Immediately aftel
said election due returns shall be madt
to The Governor of the vote. for ADS
against said amendment as directed IN
the said Article XIV or the Constitution
Approved April 10th. 1914,
NOW. THEREFORE, ]. PHILLIPS
LEE GoLDSBOgOuGH, GOVERNOR OF
suance of the direction contained in Sec
ton /, Of Article ia Of the Constitution q
the State of Maryland, DO HEREBY Ok
DER AND DIRECT, that copy Of eacf
Assembly or Maryland OF 1914, be pub
lished in at least two newspapers In eacl
of the counties of the State and in thre'
newspapers published in the city Of Bal
ed in the city Of Baltimore to be publish
cd In the German language, once weeA
for mt least three months next prenedlns
the election to be held fin said State N
Maryland on the Tuesday next after thu
first Monday in November, 1915. and q
which election the said proposed amend
ments and additions to the Constitution
of Maryland, shall be submitted. in form
and manner prescribed by the General AS
sembly, to the legal and qualified voters
nf the State for their adoption pr re1ec
tiOn.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THf
GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE
DONE at the City Of Annapolis. on TIL.