The citizen., 1915-08-20
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Sec s. Amendments 70 any charter
adopted by the City OF Baltimore Q,
By any county OF this State under ths
provisions OF this Article may De pro
posed By q resolution OF the Nsyo( o.
Baltimore and the CiSy Council Of said
ICity OF Baltimore or the Council of said
county. or by = petition signed BY
lot less than - per cent Of ne regis
tered voters Of said city OF county,
| provided. however. that in any case
10000 signatures shall De SUFFICIENT 10
] complete q petition and 6ls6 with
| the Mayor o. Baltimore OF the PrsSs-
dent OF the County Council, and when
so proposed shall De submitted 10 the
voters Of said city or county at the
next General Q. Congressional eiee-
ton oceu.-sng after the passage OF
said resolution. or the nling OF said
Petition. and i al said election the
majority o. the votes cast for and
against said amendment shall be in
favor thereof. said amendment shall
De adopted and become g part OF the
charter OF said city or county from
and after the Ihirtieth day after said
election Said amendments shall be
published By said Mayor Of Baltimore
or President Of the County Council
once week for ave successive weeks
prior 10 said election in at least one
newspaper published In said city or
county
Sec 5. The power heretofore con-
ferrsd upon the General Assembly 10
prescribe the number, compensation.
powers and duties Of the County Com
missiOners in each county. and the
power 10 make changes in Sections
20 inclusive. Article NJ of this
Constitution, when expressly granted
as hereintefoEe provided, are hereby
transferred 20 the voters OF each coun-
y and the voters of City OF Balti-
more. respectively. provided that said
powers so transferred shall be ex-
ercised only by the adoption or amend
ment OF 2 charter as hereinbefore pro-
yided: and provided further. that this
Article shall not be construed to au-
thorize the exercise Of any powers in
excess Of those conferred by the Leg
islature upon said counties or city as
this Article sets forth.
Sec. Z. The word Petition" as used
in this Article, means one or more
sheets written or printed, or partly
written and partly printed; sigma
ture" means the signature of a reg
lstered voter written by himself in
his own handwriting (and not by his
mark), together with the ward or dis
trict and precinct in which he is reg
istered. The authenticity OF such sig
natures and the fact that the persons
Sa Sf1ninr aro ra0iStnrad r-ata-- -hol1
be evidenced by the affidavit of one or
more registered voters OF the city or
county in which said voters so sign
ing are registered, and one atidavit
may apply to or cover any number
OF signatures 10 such petition. The
false signing of any name, or the sign
ing OF any fictitious name TO said pet
ton shall be forgery. and the making
OF any false affidavit in connection
with said petition shall be perjury.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
aforesaid Article hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution
shall be at the next General Election
for Members OF the General Assembly
held in this State. submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof, for
their adoption or rejection in pursu-
ance of the directions contained In
Article XVI OF the Constitution of
this State, and at the said general cleo
ton the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot. and upon each ballot shall be
printed the words For the Constitu-
tional Amendment" and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" as now
provided by law, and Immediately aft
er said election due return shall be
made to the Governor OF the vote Tor
and against said proposed amendment
as directed by the said Fourteenth Ar
tiele OF the Constitution.
Approved April 18th. 1914.