The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-09-18

any one county or the City of Baltim ore
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 ed
voters of said county or City of Baiti-
more as the case may be, calculated
upon the whole number of votes cast
therein respectively for Governor at the
last preceding Gubernatorial election.
CD If more than one-half, but less than
the full number of signatures required
to complete any referendum petition
against any law passed by the General
Assembly. be filed with Secretary OF
State before the first day Of June, the
time for the law to 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.
Section A. petition may consist of
several papers, but each paper shall con-
tain the full text of the Act or part of
Act petitioned upon; and there shall be
attached to each such paper an affidavit
OF the person procuring the signatures
thereon that of the said persons own
personal knowledge every signature
thereon is genuine and bona fide, and
that the signers are registered voters of
the State of Maryland, and of the City
or Baltimore, or county, as the case
may pe, DIS set opposite tnelr names,
and no other verification shall be re-
quired.
Section (a). The General Assembly
Snail provide for furnishing the voters
OF the State the text OF all measures 10
be voted upon by the people: provided,
that until Otherwise provided by law the
same shall De published in the manner
prescribed by Article XIV of the Con-
stitutlon Tor the publication of proposed
Constitutional Amendments.
90 All laws referred under the pro-
Visions OF TINS Article SHAH be submit
TED separately on the balIots to the vot-
ers OIL the peuple, but II containing more
than Two nunured words. the fun text
shall not he printed on the Official bal
lots, but the secretary OF State snail pre-
pare and submit ballot title of eacu
such measure IN sucn form as to pre-
sent the purpose Oh said measure con-
cisely ana IntvlIigently. The ballot title
may be uIstlnCL from the les - a,I,e IL
tie, but iii amy case the Legislature lite
snail De sunICIvnt. Upon eacn u Tie UaI-
lOLs, lOnU"I.Is the ballot title or text,
as tAe case may De, OIL eacn Sucn meas
ure, there sAaH be printed the words
or the rei~l4Gd law and As ainst tire
REFERRED law, as the Case may BE-. The
votes cast IOr and against any such re-
ieIIed law small DC returned 70 the Gov-
ernor i'll the manner prescribed with re-
SpeCt to proposed amendments to the
Constitution under Article AlF OF this
Constitution, and the Governor shall pro-
claim The result OF the election, ana. If
II shall appear that the majority OF the
votes cast ON any such measure We're cast
IN favor thereof, the Governor shall b.,
his proclamation declare the same hay
ing received u majority of the votes to
nave been adopted by the peopIe oil
Maryland as part of the laws of the
state, to take elect thirty days afte.
such election, and in like manner and
with like effect the Governor snail pro-
claim the result OF the local election as
to any Public Local Law which shall
have been submitted to the voters oil
any county or the City Of Baltimore.
Section .. No law or constitutional
Amendment. licensing, regulating, pro-
hibtlnS or submitting to local option,
the Manufacture or sale of matt or spir-
ituous liquors, shall be referred or re-
pealed under amy Act OF the provisions
OF this Article.
Section ?. And be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of Mary and, That the
foregoing Article hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of this
State. at the next General Election for
Members OF the General Assembly to be
held in this State, shall be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof, for
their adoption or rejection in pursuance
of the directions contained in Article
XIV of the Constitution of this State
and that at such general election the
vote upon said proposed amendment 10
the Constitution shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall be printed
the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Constl-
tutional Amendment" as prescribed by
law, and Immediately after said elocllon
due returns shall be made to the Gov
ernor Of the vote for and against said
amendment as directed by the said Ar.
ticle XIV of the Constitution.
Approved April 10th, 1914.