The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-09-24

ter by the City of Baltimore, or any coun-
y Of this State, az herein before provided provided;
OF the City OF Baltimore or the County
Council Of said county, subject ia the
Constitution and Public General Laws OF
this State shall have, fnll power M e.
act local laws or said city OF county, in
Guiding the power to repeal OF amend
Local Laws OF said city or county enact,
matters covered BY tie express powers
granted az above provided; provided that
nothing herein contained Ill snail d. c3 3bo
County Council or any county In this
State to enact laws or regulations for any
IncoFporaffSSd town village Or .ar
WI by the powers granted to said town,
village or municipality by the Act incor-
Porating II, Oh any subsequent r Ac{ "
however, that the charters for the various
counties shall provide that the County
Council or the counties shall not sit more
than one month in each year for the
purpose OF enactinE legislation shall be
enacted during the month so designated
for that purpose i'm the charter, and al
laws and ordinances SO enacted shall be
published once q week for three success
sive weeks in at least one newspaper
published in such counties M chat the
thereof This provision shall not apply
to Baltimore city. All such local laws
Cit ftt Council " the' CirE w Baltimore "
the Council of the countless An hereinbe-
fore provided shall Ivy subject to the
same rules. .of Interpretation Hin those
now applicable to tile Public Local Laws
Of this State except that i'm case of any
conflict between said Local Law and amy
Public General law nov M hereafter 81
acted. tile Public General law shall con
troll
See. 4. From ana after the adoption on
n charter under Che provisions ot thls
Article by the City OF baltimore or any my,
shall be enacted by tile General Assembly
fnr Sad rity or rnuntE or any subject
covered NV the express powers granted as
above provided. Any LAW M drawn nm M
apply 10 the TWO UF mere UT tne Se21
graphical subdivisions of this State slLiili
Eot wy deemed local Law. within the
meaning of tlis Act. The term geo-
graphical subdivision herein used shall
be taken No mean the Gity nj Baltimore
W Ally w the counties VI this State.
4 Sec. n Amendments 49, any charter
adopted by the city w Baltimore on Ivy
any county of this State under the pro-
visions of this Article mHy W. proposed
/ BY resolution of Chs Mayor of Bait
J more ana the City Council of said City on
Baltimore, on the Council Of said county,
WV IVY " petition signed by not less than
said city w county, provided. however,
that in any case 10000 signatures shall
' be sufficient to complete petition, ara
filed with the Mayor Of Baltimore or the
r when so proposed shall be submitted to
tile voters OF said city or county M Lhe
occurring after the passage OF said reso-
luton or the filing OF said petition, and
III Vt said election the majority Of tne
votes cast for and against said amend
ment shall be in favor thereof said
amendment shall be adopted and become
W part Of the charter va said city or
after said election Said amendments
shall be published by said Mayor OF
Baltimore President Of che County
Council once a week for five successive
weeks prior to said election i'm at least
one newspaper published In said city OF
county.
upon the General Assembly to prescribe
the number. compensation, powers and
duties of the County Commissioners ia
charges in Sections ! 70 6, inclusive
Article XI OF this Constitution, when
expressly granted as hereinbefore pro-
voters of each county and the voters q
City or Baltimore, respectively. provided
that said powers 50 transferred shall be
exercised only by the adoption or amend
ment of a charter as hereinbefore pro-
vided further, that this Article shall moi
be construed to authorize the exercise q
by the Legislature upon said counties OF
city us this Article sets forth;
Sec,, A. The word Petition" as USED
sheets written or printed, or partly writ
ten and partly printed; signature
means the signature Of registered vote
written DIV llInSelT III his OWN ndnuWTlI
ing (and not BY his mark, together will
the ward or district and precinct In
which he is registered. The authenticity
OF such signatures and the fact that thu
persons so signing are registered voter!
shall be evidenced by the affidavit q
rome or more registered voters OF the cit!
or county i'll which said voters SO signing
are registered and one affidavit may ap
ply to cover any number of signatures K
such petition. The false signing OF any
name, or the signing Of any fictitious
n Sai forgery
and the making Of any false affidavit IL
connection with said petition shall b
Sec . And Be 1t further enacted BY
the authority aforesaid. That the afore
said Article hereby proposed as al
amendment TO the. Constitution shall. b
Of the General Assembly held in thii
State, submitted to tile legal and quail
fed voters. thereof, for their, adoption n
contained i'm Article MI Of the Constitu
ton OF this State, and AZ the said gen
eral election the vote on said proposed
by ballot, and upon each ballot shall b
printed tile words For tile Constitution
81 Amendment and Against the Sen Sen
81 BY law, and Immediately after SAID
election due return Shall be made TO thu
Governor Of the vote for and against said
said Fourteenth Article Of the Constitu
ton.
Approved April 10TH. l9l4
CHAPTER 453
An Act to propose an amendment tC
NJ Article iii, of the Constitution Of the
State Of Maryland. by adding new See
ton. 70 be known A. SECTION 70. and IS
Amendment to the qualified voters Of thi:
State for adoption or rejection.
Sec. A. BE 1t enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland (three- nfths OF all
the Members Of each Of the two Houses
ton be and che same ID hereby proposed
as an amendment to Article III, title
4 Legislative Department Of the Consti-
tuition or the State or Maryland, the
same to be inserted after Section 80 and
to be known az Section 60; and Ii adopt.
ed by the legally qualified voters thereof
as herein provided, said Section shall be-
come a part Of Article Ill Of the C0nsd.
tuition OF Maryland.
Section CO. The General Assembly Of
Maryland shall have the power to provide
by suitable general enactment (al for the
criminal cases; (b) for any form Of IT,
determinate sentence in criminal cases
and (c) for the release upon parole in
whatever manner the General Assembly
may prescribe, of convicts imprisoned
under sentence for crimes.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid. That the said
foregoing Section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution shall al
the next ensuing general election, TO- be
held on Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month of November, 1915
voters Of Maryland for their adoption OF
rejection In pursuance or the directions
contained in Article Il Of the Constitution
OF this State. and at the SAID election the