The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-07-24


not more than half shall be resid ants o..
Baltimore City, or of any one COUNT:
provided that any public local law for
any one county or the City Of Baltim re
| shall be referred by the Secretary o !,
State only to the people of said county
or City of Baltimore, upon referen 1um
| petition of 1G Der cent of the qull ed
voters of said county or City of BATH
more, as the case may be- calculated
upon the whole number CT votes cast
therein respectively for Governor at the
last preceding GGbernatorial election.
OBJ 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 Genera
Assembly be filed with Secretary of
State before the first day of June, the
time for the law to take effect and for
filing the remainder of signatures 10
complete the petition shall be exter ded
to the thirtieth day of the same month
with like effect.
Section L. petition may consist of
several papers, but each paper shall con-
tain the full text of the Act OF 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 owh
personal knowledge every signature
| thereon is genuine and bona fide, and
that the sieners are registered voters OF
the State of Maryland, and of the City
OF Baltimore, or county, as the case
may be, as set opposite their names,
and no other verification shall be re-
CURED
Section 8 (a). The General Assembly
SHAH provide Tor furnishing the voters
OF the STATE the text oI oil measures 70
J be voted upon by the people; provided,
ar 80. H.I hk Is,tny
same shall be published in the manner
prescribed by Article AlV of the Con-
stltutlon Tor the publication of propossu
constitutional Amendments.
OBJ All laws referred under the pro-
visions OF TINS Article shan be submit
tea separately on the bauots to the VOC
ers Oh the people, but il containing more
than Two nuiured woods, the fun text
shall not De prlnled on the uIilcIdl p4I-
lots, but tne secretary OF State snail PR
pare and submit baliot tile OF ta1n
sucn measure III suCn form as to pre-
sent the purpose OF SAID measure Co..
clseiy ana lntGInSently. Inc ballot title
may be u!stInCt from the legs a,Iyo IL
tie, but III amy case the leslsi-,4,- Lt.e
SHAH be suA4vIent. Upon e.Cn UI t.ls u-,4-
lots, lOnOmI4.s Lne DuIot Title " teAt,
as The CasU andy be, OF eacn sucu meas
ure, there snail Ue printed the words
'for the reIerreu law and "Against the
iGItlltd law, uS the Case may u. Inc
votes cast lOr and against any sucn re-
terred law snail be returned 70 the Gov
erhor III me manner prescribed with r.
spect to proposed amendments to tn.
Constitution Under Article XIV OF ms
CONSTITUTIONS, ana the Governor shall pro-
claim the result OF the election, anu, #
1t small appear that the majority of the
votes cast on any such measure were cast
in favor thereof, the Governor shall b.
his proclamation declare the same hay
ing received d majority of the votes to
nave been adopted by the peop.e OF
Maryland part of the laws OF the
State, TO take effect thirty days ate
such election, and in like manner and
with like effect the Governor snail pro-
claim the result OF the local election as
TO any Pubic Local Law which shall
have been submitted to the voters o.
any county or the City of Baltimore.
Section q. No law or Constitutional
Amendment, licensing, regulating pro-
hib!tIhg, or submitting to local option,
the manufacture or sale OF mat spir-
ituous uQuOls, shall be referred or re-
pealed under any Act OF the provis.o
of this Article.
Section 2. And be it enacted BY the
General Assembly OF Mary and, That tie
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 tins State, snail be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereo-, fpr
their adoption or rejection in pursua zee
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 TO
the Constitution shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall b. prin. Ell
the words For the Cons .itu iOndl
Amendment" and Against The C,nst.-
tutional Amendment" as pr sc!ib=L by
law, and Immediately after said e. c ion
due returns shall be made to the ov-
ernor of the vote for and agai st sud
amendment as directed by the sa Il A..
ticle NIN OF the Constitution.
Approved April 18th, 1914.