Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1915-10-29
No44

not more than half shall be residents Of
Baltimore City. or OF any one county.
provided that any public iocai law for
any one county or the city OF Baltimore
shah 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 qualified
voters OF said county or City OF Balti-
more, as tho case tnuy be. calculated
upon the whole number 81 votes cast
therein respectively Tor Governor at the
last preceding clbernatoriai election.
o. II more than one-half, hut less than
the fun number Of signatures required
&c complete any referendum petition
against any law passed by the oenefat
Assembly. be Med 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 extended
to the thirticth day Of the same mouth
with like effect
Section 4. A petition may consist OF
several papers, but each paper shall con-
tain the full text u The Act or part OF
Act petitionsd upon; and there shall be
attached to each such paper an affidavit
OF the perssn procuring the signatures
thereon that OF the said persons own
personal knowledge every signature
thereon IL genuine and bona fide. and
that the signers are registered voters OF
the State OF Maryland, and Of the Guy
OF Baltimore or county, as the case
may DO. as set opposite their names.
and no other veriacation shall be re-
aulred.
Section (a). The General Assembly
snail provide for furnishing the voters
OF tne State The text Of all measures 10
be voted upon b. the people: PROVIDED,
thai until Otherwise provided b. law ths
prescribed - Article XIV OF the Cons
aututlon loi the publication VI propoa1-
constitutional Amendments.
% An laws referred under the pro-
visions Of tnIs Article shall be subn.it-
ted separately on tae bsliots 10 the yot-
ers OF the people. but II eoutaInins more
than two Auadfed words. the fuil text
shall not be painted On The osiicial bal
lots, but the secretary Of State shall pre-
pare and submit ballot title VI eAca
such measure Ia such form ~ " pre-
sent the purpose Of said meaeure coA-
cisely and inttlllgeEtly. The ballet tilla
may De distinct from the legislative IL
tie, but Ia any case The legislative titla
shall be sufficient. Upon eacn oil the bali
lots. iolOwAk the ballot title Or text.
as the case may be. OF eacn sucn meas
ure, there snail be printed the worlds
For the referred law and Against the
referred laN, as the case may BE- The
votes cast for and against any suen re-
ferred law shall be returned to tbs uov
ernoE in the manner prescribed with re-
spect TO proposed amendments to the
Constitution under Article XIV Of this
Constitution, and the Governor 1ihau pro-
claim the result OF the electlsn. and. II
it snail appear that the majority Of the
VOTES cast Oh any such measure were cast
in favor thereof, the Governor shall by
his proclamation declare the same hAv-
ing received majority Of the votes to
have beta adopted by the peQ4ss eof
Maryland as a part OF the laws 81 the
State. 10 take eject thirty ld4ys after
such election. and in like manner and
with like eilect the Governor shall pro-
claim tho result Of the local election as
to any PGbiic Local Law which shall
have been submitted to the voters Of
any county o. the city OF Baltimore.
Section g. No law or Constitutional
Amendment. icensin g.. regul atiug, pro-
hibiting. .0r submitting to local vplons
The manufacture or sale or malt Or spir-
ituous liquors. shall be referred Or re-
pealed under any Act Of the provisions
Of this Article.
Section > And be Il enacted By the
1euef1l Assembly OF Mafflailu. 1tat TIE
foregoing Article hereby proppssaiss an
amendment to the Constitutit,3t< p >
State. at the next General Fled r,r
Members OF the General Assembly fbe
held in this State. shall be submitted TO
the legal and quaiiiied 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 to
the Constitution shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall be printed
the words For the Constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Consti-
tutional Amendment as prescribed by
law, and Immediately after said election
due returns shall be made to the Cow
ernor Of the vote for and against said
amendment as directed BY the said Ar
ticle XIV OF the Constitution.
Approved April 18th. ls14-