The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-08-27

W. by tile city Of Baltimore, or any colh-
| tn OF this State, as herein before PROVIDED,
I the Mayor of Baltimore and City Soonci.
| of the City of Baltimore or the county
Council Of said county, subject M tne e
Constitution and Public General Laws 81
! this State shall have full power to. en-
| act local laws of said city or county. IN,
Guiding the power TO repeal or amend
\ local Laws OF said city on county enact
| ed by the General Assembly. upon All
granted as above provided; provided that
nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to authorize or empower tle
| County Council Of any county In tnls
State TO enact laws or regulations for any
/ Incorporated town, village, or munlclpal-
\ ity in said county, On any matter cvoer-
ed by the powers E {f9 6T III M WI ineoF
| porating it. or any subsequent Act or
Acts amendatory thereto Provided,
counties shall provide that the County
| Council of the counties shall not SIT more
than one month in each year for the
purpose Of enacting Legislation snaIl rs
| for that purpose in the charter, and all
laws and ordinances SO enacted shan De
published once Q week for three success III
published in such counties 20 that the
| taxpayers and citizens may have notice
thereof; This provision, shall not lot, apply
enacted Nv the Mayor of Baltimore ana
City Council OF the City of Baltimore or
| the Council OF the counties, as neIeiuue-
fore provided, shall be subject to the
same rules Of Interpretation Az those
now applicable to the Public Local Laws
OF this State, except that hat, IN case OF any any
Public General Law now or hereafter en-
acted, the Public General Law shall con-
| troll
Sec. 4. From and after the adoption Of
charter under the provisions OF this
Article BY the City Of Baltimore or any
county of hls STATE M 10 Fabc Locai
for said city or county or any subject
covered by the express powers granted as
above provided Any Law ~ drawn Az tn
apply to the tive. M more of TIE zee,
graphical subdivisions OF this State shall
not be deemed a Local Law. within the
meaning Of this Act;, The term gee;
BE- taken to mean the City OF Baltimore
or any OF the counties Of this State.
Sec. 5: Amendments to any charter
any county Of this State under the pro
visions Of this Article may be proposed
by a resolution Of the Mayor of Balti:
Baltimore. or the Council Of said county,
Or by a petition signed by not less than
20 per cent OF the registered voters OF
that that in my any case iSoO6 signatures shall
BE- sufficient to complete q petition, and
| filed with the Mayor OF Baltimore or the
President Of the County Council, and
the voters of said city or county at the
next General Oh Congressional election
Gtion or the ing Of said petition e and
if at said election the majority of the
votes cast for and against said amend
ment shall be III favor thereof. said
part of the charter of said city or
county from and after the. thirtieth day
a sfa w said eection Sag
Baltimore or President Of the County
Council once a week for five successive
weeks prior to said election i'm at least
one newspaper published In said city or
Sec 6. The power heretofore conferred
upon the General Assembly to prescribe
duties Of the County Commissioners in
changes in Sections 1 to 8, inclusive
vided, are hereby transferred to the
voters of each county and the voters of
that said powers 70 transferred shall Be
exercised only by the adoption or amend
ment Of a charter as hereinbefore pro
vided further, that this Article shall not
be construed to authorize the exercise of
any powers in excess Of those conferred
by the Legislature upon said counties or
Sec. Z. The word Petition as used
IN this Article. means one or more
sheets written VI printed, or partly writ.
means the Signature Of registered Voter
written by himself in his own handwrit-
IN land not BY his mark), together with
the ward or district and precinct In
which he is registered. The authenticity
of such signatures and the fact that the
persons SO signing are registered voters
shall 'be evidenced by the affidavit or
enc or more registered voters OF the city
or county in which said voters 50 signing
are registered, and one affidavit may ap-
such petition. The false signing Of any
name, or the signing Of any fictitious
name to said petition shall be forgery,
connection with said petition shall be
perjury.
Sec ,. And be 1t further enacted BY
the authority aforesaid, That the afore-
amendment to the Constitution shall be
~ tAe next General Election for Members
State, submitted to the legal and uuaIi-
fed voters thereof, for their adoption or
rejection IN pursuance Of the directions
contained ID Article XVI OF the Constitu-
ton Of this State, and at the said gen
eral- election the vote on said promised
amendment to The Constitution shall he
by ballot; ana upon each ballot shall be
printed the words For the Constitution
al Amendment and Against the Con-
stitutional Amendment" as now provid-
election due return shall be made To the
Governor Of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment as directed by the
snid Fourteenth Article Of the Constitu-
Approved April 18th. 1914
CHAPTER 453.
An ACt ~ propose an amendment To
Article IIl, vi the Constitution VI the
State Of Maryland, by adding d new Sec
uon,. TO be known as Section 60, and to
provide for the submission of said
Amendment ~ the qualified voters VI tnls
State Tor adoption or rejection.
See. l. BE II enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland three fifths of all
the Members Of each Of the two Houses
t MINIS ,r That &C. following new sec-
tlon De and the same is hereby proposed
as an amendment to Article III, title,
Legislative Department" of the Consti-
tuition Of the State Of Maryland. the
same 70 ~ inserted after Section 5g and
10 De known as Section so; and If ADOPT
AZ herein provided, said Section shall be-
come part of Article Hi OF tle I.Onsti-
tuition Oh Maryland.
Section W. The General Assembly OF
Maryland shall have the power to provide
Dy suitable general enactment (aJ for the
SUSPENSION III sentence by the Court iii
criminal cases; Cd for any form Of in
determinate sentence in criminal cases
ana lc) for the release upon parole in
whatever manner the General Assembly
may prescribe, OF convicts imprisoned
under sentence for crimes.
the authority aforesaid. That the said
foregoing Section hereby proposed ns an
amendment to the Constitution shall at
the next ensuing general election to be
neld on Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month Of November, 1915.
voters OF Maryland for their ADOPTION or
rejection in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article ii of the Constitution
MA thls state ana at The said election tile