Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-27

| the hrst day or June next after ne
session az which it may be passed
unless Il contain s Section declarlnr
such law an emergency law and nee.
essaTy for the immediate preservation
OF the public health or safety. and
passed upon yea and nav vote sun.
ported by thres-fifths of all the mem
bers elected 70 each OF the two Houses
OF the General Assembly; provided.
however. that said period OF susren-
sion may be extended as provided fn
Section s (h) hereof II before said
nrst day OF June there shall have been
hled with the Secretary OF the State
petition 70 refer to q vote OF the
people any law or part OF law ca.
able OF referendum. aa IN this Article
provided. the same shall be referred
by the Secretary OF state 20 sucA
vote, and shall not become q law Or
take effect until thirty days after its
approval by majority OF the electors
voting thereon az the next ersufu-
election held throughout the State fc-
Members OF the House OF Representa-
tives OF the United States. An ener-
gency law shall remain IN foros not
withstanding such petition, but shall
stand repealed thirty days after hav
ing been rejected by a majority Of the
qualified electors voting thereon: pro.
vided however that no measure Great
ing or abolishing any once. or chang
ing the salary term or duty OF anv
officer, or granting any franchise or
special privilege. OF creating any vest
ed right or interest, shall be enacted
as an emergency law. No law usk.
ing any appropriation for naintalnins
the State Government, or for main.
tanning or aiding any public institu.
ton, not exceeding the next previous
appropriation for the same purpose.
shall be subject to rejection or ~,
peal under this section The increase
In any such appropriation for main.
tanning or aiding any public institv
tion shall only take effect as IN the
case OF other laws, and such Increase
or any part thereof specified IN the
petition, may be referred 70 vote az
the people upon petition.
Sec (a). The referendum peti
ton against an Act or part OF an Act
passed by the General Assembly. shan
be sufficient II signed by ten thousand
qualified voters OF the State OF Mar
land, Of whom not more than HALF
shall be residents Of Baltimore Citv
or Of any one county; provided TN
any public local law for any one coun.
~ or the City Of Baltimore 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 auau-
fed voters Of said county or City OF
Baltimore as the case may be. cal.
culated upon the whole number of
votes cast therein respectively sor
Governor at the last preceding Guber.
Material election.
(b) II more than one-half. but less
than the full number OF signatures re-
quired to complete any referendum pe-
tition against any law passed By the
General Assembly. be hied with Sec
retary Of State before the frat day
OF June. the time for the law to take
effect. and for Ming the remainder Of
signatures to complete tho petition
shall be extended TO the tnirtleth day
of the same month with like ,Rect
Sec. 4 A petition may consist Of
several papers, but each paper shall
contain the full text Of the Act or part
Of Act petitioued upon; and there shalt
he attached to each such paper an
affidavit Of the person procuring the
signatures thereon that OF the said
persons own personal knowledge sv-
cry signature thereon in genuine and
bona flde. and that the signers are
registered voters OF the State OF Mary
land, and Of the City OF Baltimore. or
county as the case may be. as set
opposite their names. and no other
veriicaton shall be required.
Sec (a) The General Assembly
shall provide for furnishing the voters
OF the State the text Of all measures
to be voted upon by tho people: pro
vided, that until otherwise provided
by law the same shah be published
in the manner prescribed by Article
XIV Of the Constitution for the pub
lication OF proposed Constitutional
Amendments.
(b) All laws referred under the
provisions OF this Article shall be sub.
mitted separately on the ballots 90
the voters Of the people. but II con.
tanning more than two hundred words.
the full text shall not be printed on
the official ballots, but the Secretary
Of State shall prepare and submit q
ballot title Of each such measure IN
such form as 10 present the purpose OF
said measure cOnciselyS and intelli-
Seulty. i ne DdlOL ILit u4bE ne us
tinct from the legislative title. but in
any case the legislative title shall be
sufficient. Upon each Of the ballots.
following the ballot title or text. as
the case may be. Of each such meas
ure, there shall be printed the words
For the referred law" and Against
the referred law" as the case may be-
The votes cast for and against any
such referred law shall be returned TO
the Governor n the manner prescribed
with respect to proposed amendments
20 the Constitution under Article XIV
OF this Constitution, and the Governor
shall proclaim the result Of the cleo
ton, and, If Il shall appear that tho
majority Of the votes cast on any such
measure were cast In favor thereof,
the Governor shall b. his proclama.
ton declare ths same having received
q majority OF the votes 90 have been
adopted By the people Of Maryland
a part OF the laws Of the State, 70
take effect thirty days after such olec-
ton, and IN Ike manner and with like
effect the Governor shall proclaim the
result OF the local election as 70 any
Public Local Law which shall have
been submitted to the voters OF any
county or the City OF Baltimore
Sec 8. No law or Constitutional
Amendment licensing. regulating, pro
hibi1nR OF submitting To local On