Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-07-29

the hrst day OF June next after ne
session at which Il may be passed,
unless it contain 3 Section deciaring
such law an emergency law and nee
essary for the immediate preservation
OF the public health or safety. and
passed upon a yea and nay vote SUP
ported BY three-hfths os all the men,
bers elected 70 each Of the two Houses
OF the General Assembly; provided,
however. that said period OF suspen-
sion may be extended as provided in
Section s (b) hereof. II before said
first day OF June there shall have been
fled with the Secretary OF the State
a petition TO refer TO a vote Of the
people any law or part OF law cap
able of referendum, as in this Article
provided. the same shah be referred
by the Secretary Of state 70 such
vote, and shall not become . law or
take effect until thirty days after its
approval by a majority OF the electors
voting thereon at the next ensuing
election held throughout the State for
Members Of the House of Representa-
tives OF the United States. An emer-
Eency law shall remain IN force not
withstanding such petition, but shall
stand repealed thirty days after hav-
ing been rejected by a majority Of the
qualified electors voting thereon; pro-
vided. however. that no measure Great
ing or abolishing any once, or chang-
ing the salary. term or duty OF any
officer or granting any franchise or
special privilege. or creating any vest
ed right or interest shall be enacted
as an emergency law. No law max
ing any appropriation for maintaining
the State Government, or for main
tanning or aiding any public institu-
ton, not exceeding the next previous
appropriation for the same purpose.
shall be subject TO rejection or re-
peal under this section. The increase
In any such appropriation for main
tanning or aiding any public institu
tion shall only take effect as in tho
case Of other laws. and such increase
or any part thereof specified in the
petition, may be referred to a vote Of
the people upon petition.
Sec. (a). The referendum ped
| ton against an Act or part OF an Act
passed by the General Assembly shall
be sufficient II signed by ten thousand
qualified voters of the State OF Mary
land, of whom not more than half
| shall be residents of Baltimore CITY
/ or Of any one county; provided that
| any public local law for any one coun-
| ty or the City Of Baltimore shall be
referred by the Secretary Of state
only to the people Of said county or
| City Of Baltimore, upon a referendum
/ petition OF 10 per cent. Of the quail
fed voters Of said county or City Of
/ Baltimore as the case may be, cal
culated upon the whole number OF
votes cast therein respectively for
Governor at the last preceding Guber-
Material election.
(b) II moro than one-half. but less
| than the full number Of signatures re-
| quired to complete any referendum pc
tition against any law passed by the
| General Assembly. be fled with Sec
retary of State before the first day
| Of June, the time for the law 20 take
effect, and for fling the remainder Of
signatures to complete the petition
shall be extended to the thirtieth day
| of the same month with like effect.
| Sec. T. A petition may consist OF
several papers, but each paper shall
contain the full text OF the Act or part
Of Act pettioned upon; and there shall
be attached to each such paper an
affidavit OF the person procuring the
i signatures thereon that of the said
| persons own personal knowledge ev-
| cry signature thereon Is genuine aud
bona hde, and that the signers are
| registered voters Of the State Of Mary
| land, and Of the City Of Baltimore, or
county. as the case may be, as set
opposite their names. and no other
verification shall be required
Sec. (a) The General Assembly
shall provide for furnishing tho voters
OF the State the text OF all measures
to be voted upon by the people pro.
vided, that until otherwise provided
| by law the same shall be published
in the manner prescribed by Article
XIV Of the Constitution for the pub
lication Of proposed Constitutional
| Amendments.
(b) All laws referred under tho
! provisions Of this Article shall be sub
mitted separately on the ballots tO
the voters of the people, but II con
tanning more than two hundred words
the full text shall not be printed on
the official ballots, but the Secretary
of State shall prepare and submit a
ballot title of each such measure in
| such form as to present the purpose Of
said measure concisely and intelli
4 StAlAy- nv bd4Abt A4LAC may ht AAn
tinct from the legislative title. but in
any case the legislative title shall be
| sufficient. Upon each of the ballots
following the ballot title or text, as
the case may be, of each such meas
ure, there shall be printed the words
For the referred law" and Against
the referred law" as the case may be
| The votes cast for and against any
such referred law shall be returned 20
the Governor in the manner prescribed
with respect to proposed amendments
TO the Constitution under Article XIV
of this Constitution, and the Governor
shall proclaim the result OF the elec
ton, and, if it shall appear that the
majority Of the votes cast on any such
measure were cast in favor thereof
the Governor shall by his proclama.
ton declare the same having received
a majority Of the votes to have been
adopted by the people Of Maryland a.
a part Of the laws Of the State. to
take effect thirty days after such cleo
ton, and in like manner and with like
effect the Governor shall proclaim the
| result Of the local election as TO any
| Public Local Law which shall have
been submitted to the voters Of any
county or the City of Baltimore.
Sec. 8. No law or Constitutional
amendment, licensing, regulating. pro
hibiting, or submitting to local op-